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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] vmscan: make mapped executable pages the first class citizen
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On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 09:39 +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> wrote:
> > @@ -1272,28 +1273,40 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned
> >
> > /* page_referenced clears PageReferenced */
> > if (page_mapping_inuse(page) &&
> > - page_referenced(page, 0, sc->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags))
> > + page_referenced(page, 0, sc->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags)) {
> > pgmoved++;
> > + /*
> > + * Identify referenced, file-backed active pages and
> > + * give them one more trip around the active list. So
> > + * that executable code get better chances to stay in
> > + * memory under moderate memory pressure. Anon pages
> > + * are ignored, since JVM can create lots of anon
> > + * VM_EXEC pages.
> > + */
> > + if ((vm_flags & VM_EXEC) && !PageAnon(page)) {
> > + list_add(&page->lru, &l_active);
> > + continue;
> > + }
>
> Why do we need to skip JIT'd code? There are plenty of desktop
> applications that use Mono, for example, and it would be nice if we
> gave them the same treatment as native applications. Likewise, I am
> sure all browsers that use JIT for JavaScript need to be considered.

Its a sekrit conspiracy against bloat by making JIT'd crap run
slower :-)

<rant>
Anyway, I just checked, we install tons of mono junk for _2_
applications, f-spot and tomboy, both are shite and both have
alternatives not requiring this disease.
</rant>

But seriously, like Kosaka-san already said, anonymous pages are treated
differently from file pages and should not suffer the same problems.


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