[PATCH -v2 01/10] swap: Change SWAPFILE_CLUSTER to 512
From: Huang, Ying
Date: Thu Sep 01 2016 - 11:18:34 EST
From: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
In this patch, the size of the swap cluster is changed to that of the
THP (Transparent Huge Page) on x86_64 architecture (512). This is for
the THP swap support on x86_64. Where one swap cluster will be used to
hold the contents of each THP swapped out. And some information of the
swapped out THP (such as compound map count) will be recorded in the
swap_cluster_info data structure.
In effect, this will enlarge swap cluster size by 2 times. Which may
make it harder to find a free cluster when the swap space becomes
fragmented. So that, this may reduce the continuous swap space
allocation and sequential write in theory. The performance test in 0day
show no regressions caused by this.
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/swapfile.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 8f1b97d..582912b 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static void discard_swap_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si,
}
}
-#define SWAPFILE_CLUSTER 256
+#define SWAPFILE_CLUSTER 512
#define LATENCY_LIMIT 256
static inline void cluster_set_flag(struct swap_cluster_info *info,
--
2.8.1