Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] memcg: page_alloc: skip bulk allocator for __GFP_ACCOUNT | From | Vasily Averin <> | Date | Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:43:16 +0300 |
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On 14.10.2021 18:23, Johannes Weiner wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 08:01:16AM -0700, Shakeel Butt wrote: >> Regarding xfs_buf_alloc_pages(), it is not using __GFP_ACCOUNT > > It probably should, actually. Sorry, somewhat off-topic, but we've > seen this consume quite large amounts of memory. __GFP_ACCOUNT and > vmstat tracking seems overdue for this one.
If this will be required, you can use [PATCH mm v5] memcg: enable memory accounting in __alloc_pages_bulk https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/10/14/197
As far as I understand it will not be used right now, however I decided to submit it anyway, perhaps it may be needed later.
Thank you, Vasily Averin
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