Re: [PATCH v5 5/7] mm/page_counter: introduce an asynchronous drainer

From: Shakeel Butt

Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 19:25:43 EST


On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 09:37:49AM -0700, Joshua Hahn wrote:
> The existing percpu memcg stock drainer schedules a stock drain worker
> per-cpu, one for every CPU containing the target memcg's stock.

But you are introducing remote draining. Why do you need async drainer at all?
Just always drain synchronously.