linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] mm: memcg: fix tracking of pending stats updates values

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Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:50:26 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
To:     Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
        Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] mm: memcg: fix tracking of pending stats updates
 values

On Fri 22-09-23 17:57:38, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> While working on adjacent code [1], I realized that the values passed
> into memcg_rstat_updated() to keep track of the magnitude of pending
> updates is consistent. It is mostly in pages, but sometimes it can be in
> bytes or KBs. Fix that.

What kind of practical difference does this change make? Is it worth
additional code?
 
> Patch 1 reworks memcg_page_state_unit() so that we can reuse it in patch
> 2 to check and normalize the units of state updates.
> 
> [1]https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230921081057.3440885-1-yosryahmed@google.com/
> 
> v1 -> v2:
> - Rebased on top of mm-unstable.
> 
> Yosry Ahmed (2):
>   mm: memcg: refactor page state unit helpers
>   mm: memcg: normalize the value passed into memcg_rstat_updated()
> 
>  mm/memcontrol.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.42.0.515.g380fc7ccd1-goog

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs