Re: [PATCH 3/6] mm/page_alloc: Adjust pcp->high after CPU hotplug events

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 5/25/21 10:01 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> The PCP high watermark is based on the number of online CPUs so the
> watermarks must be adjusted during CPU hotplug. At the time of
> hot-remove, the number of online CPUs is already adjusted but during
> hot-add, a delta needs to be applied to update PCP to the correct
> value. After this patch is applied, the high watermarks are adjusted
> correctly.
> 
>   # grep high: /proc/zoneinfo  | tail -1
>               high:  649
>   # echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/online
>   # grep high: /proc/zoneinfo  | tail -1
>               high:  664
>   # echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/online
>   # grep high: /proc/zoneinfo  | tail -1
>               high:  649
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>