Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:20:59 +0900 | | From | KOSAKI Motohiro <> | | Subject | Re: Race condition between putback_lru_page and mem_cgroup_move_list |
Hi Balbir-san,
> > I also think zone's lru lock is unnecessary.
> > So, I guess below "it" indicate lock_page_cgroup, not zone lru lock.
>
> We need zone LRU lock, since the reclaim paths hold them. Not sure if I
> understand why you call zone's LRU lock unnecessary, could you elaborate please?
I tought..
1. in general, one data structure should be protected by one lock.
2. memcgroup lru is protected by mem_cgroup_per_zone::lru_lock.
if zone LRU lock must be held, Why do mem_cgroup_per_zone::lru_lock exit?
it should be removed?
Could you explain detail of "race condition with global reclaim race" ?
> > I think both opinion is correct.
> > unevictable lru related code doesn't require pagevec.
> >
> > but mem_cgroup_move_lists is used by active/inactive list transition too.
> > then, pagevec is necessary for keeping reclaim throuput.
> >
>
> It's on my TODO list. I hope to get to it soon.
Very good news!
Thanks.
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