Re: [PATCH] mm/madvise: add MADV_WILLNEED to process_madvise()

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed,  4 Aug 2021 16:20:10 +0800 zhangkui <zhangkui@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There is a usecase in Android that an app process's memory is swapped out
> by process_madvise() with MADV_PAGEOUT, such as the memory is swapped to
> zram or a backing device. When the process is scheduled to running, like
> switch to foreground, multiple page faults may cause the app dropped
> frames.
> To reduce the problem, SMS can read-ahead memory of the process immediately
> when the app switches to forground.
> Calling process_madvise() with MADV_WILLNEED can meet this need.
> 

What is SMS?