Re: [PATCH] mm: memcontrol: add file_thp, shmem_thp to memory.stat

From: Johannes Weiner
Date: Thu Oct 22 2020 - 14:31:16 EST


On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 12:57:55PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-10-22 at 12:49 -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > On Thu, 2020-10-22 at 11:18 -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> >
> > > index e80aa9d2db68..334ce608735c 100644
> > > --- a/mm/filemap.c
> > > +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> > > @@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ static void unaccount_page_cache_page(struct
> > > address_space *mapping,
> > > if (PageSwapBacked(page)) {
> > > __mod_lruvec_page_state(page, NR_SHMEM, -nr);
> > > if (PageTransHuge(page))
> > > - __dec_node_page_state(page, NR_SHMEM_THPS);
> > > + __dec_lruvec_page_state(page, NR_SHMEM_THPS);
> > > } else if (PageTransHuge(page)) {
> > > - __dec_node_page_state(page, NR_FILE_THPS);
> > > + __dec_lruvec_page_state(page, NR_FILE_THPS);
> > > filemap_nr_thps_dec(mapping);
> > > }
> >
> > This may be a dumb question, but does that mean the
> > NR_FILE_THPS number will no longer be visible in
> > /proc/vmstat or is there some magic I overlooked in
> > a cursory look of the code?
>
> Never mind, I found it a few levels deep in
> __dec_lruvec_page_state.

No worries, it's a legit question.

lruvec is at the intersection of node and memcg, so I'm just moving
the accounting to a higher-granularity function that updates all
layers, including the node.

> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!