On 11/17/21 4:29 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
It's a bit vague but if you wanted to put together the outline, I'd read over it. Note that this was all in the context of trying to introduce an
Sorry, maybe I shouldn't propose new feature in this context.
API like Disable/enable per-process numa balancing: prctl(PR_NUMA_BALANCING, PR_SET_NUMA_BALANCING, 0/1); i.e. one that controlled both enabling and disabling. You also have the option of introducing the NUMAB equivalent of PR_SET_THP_DISABLE -- an API that is explicitly about disabling *only*.
If those APIs are ok with you, I will send v2 soon. 1. prctl(PR_NUMA_BALANCING, PR_SET_THP_DISABLE); 2. prctl(PR_NUMA_BALANCING, PR_SET_THP_ENABLE); 3. prctl(PR_NUMA_BALANCING, PR_GET_THP); IIUC, "THP" means "this process" or "the process".