Re: [patch 1/8] mm: memcg: only evict file pages when we have plenty

[Simon Jeons]

On Wed, 2012-12-12 at 16:43 -0500, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> dc0422c "mm: vmscan: only evict file pages when we have plenty" makes

Can't find dc0422c.

> a point of not going for anonymous memory while there is still enough
> inactive cache around.
> 
> The check was added only for global reclaim, but it is just as useful
> for memory cgroup reclaim.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/vmscan.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 157bb11..3874dcb 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -1671,6 +1671,16 @@ static void get_scan_count(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc,
>  		denominator = 1;
>  		goto out;
>  	}
> +	/*
> +	 * There is enough inactive page cache, do not reclaim
> +	 * anything from the anonymous working set right now.
> +	 */
> +	if (!inactive_file_is_low(lruvec)) {
> +		fraction[0] = 0;
> +		fraction[1] = 1;
> +		denominator = 1;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
>  
>  	anon  = get_lru_size(lruvec, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON) +
>  		get_lru_size(lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON);
> @@ -1688,15 +1698,6 @@ static void get_scan_count(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc,
>  			fraction[1] = 0;
>  			denominator = 1;
>  			goto out;
> -		} else if (!inactive_file_is_low_global(zone)) {
> -			/*
> -			 * There is enough inactive page cache, do not
> -			 * reclaim anything from the working set right now.
> -			 */
> -			fraction[0] = 0;
> -			fraction[1] = 1;
> -			denominator = 1;
> -			goto out;
>  		}
>  	}
>  


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