Re: 答复: [PATCH v3] mm/compaction:let proactive compaction order configurable
From: Rafael Aquini
Date: Thu Apr 29 2021 - 15:46:40 EST
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 01:17:40AM +0000, Chu,Kaiping wrote:
> Please see my answer inline.
>
> -----邮件原件-----
> 发件人: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 发送时间: 2021年4月26日 9:31
> 收件人: Chu,Kaiping <chukaiping@xxxxxxxxx>
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> 主题: Re: [PATCH v3] mm/compaction:let proactive compaction order configurable
>
> On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 09:21:02AM +0800, chukaiping wrote:
> > Currently the proactive compaction order is fixed to
> > COMPACTION_HPAGE_ORDER(9), it's OK in most machines with lots of
> > normal 4KB memory, but it's too high for the machines with small
> > normal memory, for example the machines with most memory configured as
> > 1GB hugetlbfs huge pages. In these machines the max order of free
> > pages is often below 9, and it's always below 9 even with hard
> > compaction. This will lead to proactive compaction be triggered very
> > frequently. In these machines we only care about order of 3 or 4.
> > This patch export the oder to proc and let it configurable by user,
> > and the default value is still COMPACTION_HPAGE_ORDER.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: chukaiping <chukaiping@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Two minor nits on the commit log message:
> * there seems to be a whitespage missing in your short log:
> "... mm/compaction:let ..."
> --> I will fix it in next patch.
>
> * has the path really been reported by a test robot?
> --> Yes. There is a compile error in v1, I fixed it in v2.
>
So, no... the test robot should not be listed as Reported-by.