linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] mm: memcg: change flush_next_time to flush_last

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Message-ID: <20231117182217.q6nkynbh24wyti33@google.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:22:17 +0000
From:   Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>
To:     Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
        Ivan Babrou <ivan@...udflare.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        "Michal Koutný" <mkoutny@...e.com>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>, kernel-team@...udflare.com,
        Wei Xu <weixugc@...gle.com>, Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
        Domenico Cerasuolo <cerasuolodomenico@...il.com>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] mm: memcg: change flush_next_time to flush_last_time

On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 02:24:06AM +0000, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> flush_next_time is an inaccurate name. It's not the next time that
> periodic flushing will happen, it's rather the next time that
> ratelimited flushing can happen if the periodic flusher is late.
> 
> Simplify its semantics by just storing the timestamp of the last flush
> instead, flush_last_time. Move the 2*FLUSH_TIME addition to
> mem_cgroup_flush_stats_ratelimited(), and add a comment explaining it.
> This way, all the ratelimiting semantics live in one place.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
> Tested-by: Domenico Cerasuolo <cerasuolodomenico@...il.com>

Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>