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SubjectRe: [patch 17/20] non-reclaimable mlocked pages
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On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 09:53 -0500, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:24:07 +0100
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> > I thought Lee had patches that moved pages with long rmap chains (both
> > anon and file) out onto the non-reclaim list, for those a slow
> > background scan does make sense.
>
> I suspect we won't be needing that code. The SEQ replacement for
> swap backed pages might reduce the number of pages that need to
> be scanned to a reasonable number.
>
> Remember, steady states are not a big problem with the current VM.
> It's the sudden burst of scanning that happens when the VM decides
> that it should start swapping (and every anonymous page is referenced)
> that kills large systems.

Yes, I still have the patch [for long anon_vma lists--not for
excessively mapped file, yet] and I'm keeping it up to date and tested.
I do see softlockups on the anon_vma and i_mmap_locks under stress, even
with the reader/writer lock patches. I'll be trying the workloads on
Rik's latest patches to see if they address these lockups.

Lee



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