Messages in this thread | | | From | Shakeel Butt <> | Date | Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:04:19 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mm: vmscan: fix missing psi annotation for node_reclaim() |
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On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 8:26 AM Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> wrote: > > In a debugging session the other day, Rik noticed that node_reclaim() > was missing memstall annotations. This means we'll miss pressure and > lost productivity resulting from reclaim on an overloaded local NUMA > node when vm.zone_reclaim_mode is enabled. > > There haven't been any reports, but that's likely because > vm.zone_reclaim_mode hasn't been a commonly used feature recently, and > the intersection between such setups and psi users is probably > nil. Although, secondary memory such as CXL-connected DIMMS, > persistent memory etc. and the page demotion patches that handle them > (https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210401183216.443C4443@viggo.jf.intel.com/) > could soon make this a more common codepath again. > > Reported-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
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