Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] memg: better numa scanning

From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
Date: Wed Aug 10 2011 - 19:38:10 EST


On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:00:42 +0200
Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue 09-08-11 19:08:24, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> >
> > Making memcg numa's scanning information update by schedule_work().
> >
> > Now, memcg's numa information is updated under a thread doing
> > memory reclaim. It's not very heavy weight now. But upcoming updates
> > around numa scanning will add more works. This patch makes
> > the update be done by schedule_work() and reduce latency caused
> > by this updates.
>
> I am not sure whether this pays off. Anyway, I think it would be better
> to place this patch somewhere at the end of the series so that we can
> measure its impact separately.
>

I'll consider reordering when I come back from vacation.

> >
> > Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Otherwise looks good to me.
> Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>
>

Thanks.

> Just a minor nit bellow.
>
> > ---
> > mm/memcontrol.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> > 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >
> > Index: mmotm-Aug3/mm/memcontrol.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- mmotm-Aug3.orig/mm/memcontrol.c
> > +++ mmotm-Aug3/mm/memcontrol.c
> > @@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup {
> > nodemask_t scan_nodes;
> > atomic_t numainfo_events;
> > atomic_t numainfo_updating;
> > + struct work_struct numainfo_update_work;
> > #endif
> > /*
> > * Should the accounting and control be hierarchical, per subtree?
> > @@ -1567,6 +1568,23 @@ static bool test_mem_cgroup_node_reclaim
> > }
> > #if MAX_NUMNODES > 1
> >
> > +static void mem_cgroup_numainfo_update_work(struct work_struct *work)
> > +{
> > + struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> > + int nid;
> > +
> > + memcg = container_of(work, struct mem_cgroup, numainfo_update_work);
> > +
> > + memcg->scan_nodes = node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY];
> > + for_each_node_mask(nid, node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]) {
> > + if (!test_mem_cgroup_node_reclaimable(memcg, nid, false))
> > + node_clear(nid, memcg->scan_nodes);
> > + }
> > + atomic_set(&memcg->numainfo_updating, 0);
> > + css_put(&memcg->css);
> > +}
> > +
> > +
> > /*
> > * Always updating the nodemask is not very good - even if we have an empty
> > * list or the wrong list here, we can start from some node and traverse all
> > @@ -1575,7 +1593,6 @@ static bool test_mem_cgroup_node_reclaim
> > */
>
> Would be good to update the function comment as well (we still have 10s
> period there).
>

ok.

Thanks,
-Kame


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