Re: [PATCH 3/3] reset wmark_min and inactive ratio of zone whenhotplug happens

From: Mel Gorman
Date: Wed May 20 2009 - 06:32:34 EST


On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 04:20:01PM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> This patch solve two problems.
>
> Whenever memory hotplug sucessfully happens, zone->present_pages
> have to be changed.
>
> 1) Now, memory hotplug calls setup_per_zone_wmark_min only when
> online_pages called, not offline_pages.
>
> It breaks balance.
>

Very true.

> 2) If zone->present_pages is changed, we also have to change
> zone->inactive_ratio. That's because inactive_ratio depends
> on zone->present_pages.
>
> CC: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 4 ++++
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index 40bf385..1611010 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ int online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
> zone->zone_pgdat->node_present_pages += onlined_pages;
>
> setup_per_zone_wmark_min();
> + calculate_per_zone_inactive_ratio(zone);
> if (onlined_pages) {
> kswapd_run(zone_to_nid(zone));
> node_set_state(zone_to_nid(zone), N_HIGH_MEMORY);
> @@ -832,6 +833,9 @@ repeat:
> totalram_pages -= offlined_pages;
> num_physpages -= offlined_pages;
>
> + setup_per_zone_wmark_min();
> + calculate_per_zone_inactive_ratio(zone);
> +
> vm_total_pages = nr_free_pagecache_pages();
> writeback_set_ratelimit();
>

Seems sensible.;

> --
> 1.5.4.3
>
>
>
> --
> Kinds Regards
> Minchan Kim
>

--
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab
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