Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] mm: swap: mTHP swap allocator base on swap cluster order

[Huang, Ying]

Chris Li <chrisl@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This is the short term solutiolns "swap cluster order" listed
> in my "Swap Abstraction" discussion slice 8 in the recent
> LSF/MM conference.
>
> When commit 845982eb264bc "mm: swap: allow storage of all mTHP
> orders" is introduced, it only allocates the mTHP swap entries
> from new empty cluster list.  It has a fragmentation issue
> reported by Barry.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAGsJ_4zAcJkuW016Cfi6wicRr8N9X+GJJhgMQdSMp+Ah+NSgNQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> The reason is that all the empty cluster has been exhausted while
> there are planty of free swap entries to in the cluster that is
> not 100% free.
>
> Remember the swap allocation order in the cluster.
> Keep track of the per order non full cluster list for later allocation.

The "non full" is a kind of negative naming, can we use "partial" as
that used in "slub"?

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Best Regards,
Huang, Ying