linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: multi-gen lru: fix stat count

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Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2023 10:17:43 +0800
From:   Huan Yang <link@...o.com>
To:     Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, opensource.kernel@...o.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: multi-gen lru: fix stat count

Hi Yu Zhao,

Thanks for your reply.

在 2023/10/19 0:21, Yu Zhao 写道:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 2:22 AM Huan Yang <link@...o.com> wrote:
>> For multi-gen lru reclaim in evict_folios, like shrink_inactive_list,
>> gather folios which isolate to reclaim, and invoke shirnk_folio_list.
>>
>> But, when complete shrink, it not gather shrink reclaim stat into sc,
>> we can't get info like nr_dirty\congested in reclaim, and then
>> control writeback, dirty number and mark as LRUVEC_CONGESTED, or
>> just bpf trace shrink and get correct sc stat.
>>
>> This patch fix this by simple copy code from shrink_inactive_list when
>> end of shrink list.
> MGLRU doesn't try to write back dirt file pages in the reclaim path --
> it filters them out in sort_folio() and leaves them to the page
Nice to know this,  sort_folio() filters some folio indeed.
But, I want to know, if we touch some folio in shrink_folio_list(), may some
folio become dirty or writeback even if sort_folio() filter then?
> writeback. (The page writeback is a dedicated component for this
> purpose). So there is nothing to fix.