lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2010]   [Nov]   [19]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/6] memcg: make throttle_vm_writeout() memcg aware
Hello,

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:57:26PM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> Hmm. I think this patch is troublesome.
>
> This patch will make memcg's pageout routine _not_ throttoled even when the whole
> system vmscan's pageout is throttoled.
>
> So, one idea is....
>
> Make this change
> ==
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -1844,7 +1844,7 @@ static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
> if (inactive_anon_is_low(zone, sc))
> shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, zone, sc, priority, 0);
>
> - throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask);
> + throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask, sc->mem_cgroup);
> }
> ==
> as
>
> ==
>
> if (!sc->mem_cgroup || throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask, sc->mem_cgroup) == not throttled)
> throttole_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask, NULL);
>
> Then, both of memcg and global dirty thresh will be checked.

Good point, both limits should apply.

I'd prefer to stuff it all into throttle_vm_writeout() and not encode
memcg-specific behaviour into the caller, though.


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2010-11-19 12:19    [W:1.331 / U:0.056 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site