Re: [PATCH] mm: make pcp decay work with onhz

[Andrew Morton]

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:36:10 +0800 alexjlzheng@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Subject: [PATCH] mm: make pcp decay work with onhz

"NOHZ".

> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:36:10 +0800
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> 
> From: MengEn Sun <mengensun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> when a cpu stops tick, quiet_vmstat may flush all the per cpu
> statistics counter.
> 
> while, the shepherd is needed those counters to kick the
> vmstat_work.
> 
> when a cpu in nohz with a lot of pcp pages, and do not do page
> allocating and freeing. the pcp pages of the cpu may not be hold
> for a long time
> 
> we make shepherd keep a eye on the pcp high_min and high_max

I can see what you're saying here, but it's hard to understand.  Please
spend a little time clarifying the text?  And please start sentences
with a capital letter!

> --- a/mm/vmstat.c
> +++ b/mm/vmstat.c
> @@ -2024,8 +2024,13 @@ static bool need_update(int cpu)
>  
>  	for_each_populated_zone(zone) {
>  		struct per_cpu_zonestat *pzstats = per_cpu_ptr(zone->per_cpu_zonestats, cpu);
> +		struct per_cpu_pages *pcp = per_cpu_ptr(zone->per_cpu_pageset, cpu);
>  		struct per_cpu_nodestat *n;
>  
> +		/* in onhz or nohz full make pcp decay work */

"NOHZ".

> +		if (pcp->high_max > pcp->high_min)
> +			return true;
> +
>  		/*
>  		 * The fast way of checking if there are any vmstat diffs.
>  		 */
> --