Re: [PATCH 07/12] mm, slab: ignore SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT with CONFIG_SLUB_TINY

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Thu Nov 24 2022 - 04:21:15 EST


On Thu, 24 Nov 2022, Vlastimil Babka wrote:

> SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT is kinda misnomer these days, as the only thing it does
> is to add __GFP_RECLAIMABLE to cache's gfp flags for the page allocator's
> mobility grouping. I guess the "ACCOUNT" part comes from being counted
> towards SReclaimable (vs SUnreclaim) in /proc/meminfo.

Well these Sreclaimable etc counters visible in /proc/meminfo are used in
the reclaim logic and are quite important there.