Re: [PATCH v3] vmscan: add a vmscan event for reclaim_pages
From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Thu Oct 17 2024 - 05:23:18 EST
On 10/16/24 16:32, Jaewon Kim wrote:
> The reclaim_folio_list uses a dummy reclaim_stat and is not being
> used. To know the memory stat, add a new trace event. This is useful how
> how many pages are not reclaimed or why.
>
> This is an example.
> mm_vmscan_reclaim_pages: nid=0 nr_scanned=112 nr_reclaimed=112 nr_dirty=0 nr_writeback=0 nr_congested=0 nr_immediate=0 nr_activate_anon=0 nr_activate_file=0 nr_ref_keep=0 nr_unmap_fail=0
>
> Currenlty reclaim_folio_list is only called by reclaim_pages, and
> reclaim_pages is used by damon and madvise. In the latest Android,
> reclaim_pages is also used by shmem to reclaim all pages in a
> address_space.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jaewon Kim <jaewon31.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>