linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm:vmscan: fix shrink sc->nr counter values issue

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Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:40:06 +0800
From:   zhiguojiang <justinjiang@...o.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, opensource.kernel@...o.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm:vmscan: fix shrink sc->nr counter values issue



在 2023/11/30 11:29, Matthew Wilcox 写道:
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 09:56:59AM +0800, zhiguojiang wrote:
>>>> -		 * If kswapd scans pages marked for immediate
>>>> +		 * If kswapd scans massive pages marked for immediate
>>> I don't understand why you've added the word "massive".  Do you mean
>>> that the pages are large, or that kswapd has scanned a lot of pages?
>> The added "massive" means that there are a large number of pages marked for
>> immediate reclaim on evictable LRUs.
> Then the word "many" communicates your meaning better.  "massive" would
> mean that each page is very big, while "many" means that there are a
> lot of pages.
>
> It was foolish to send out a v2 so swiftly.  Best wait for someone who's
> familiar with this code to respond to it now that you've clarified what
> you were doing.
Thanks for you suggestions, I will update the newer version patch later.