On Wed 20-01-21 12:23:37, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: [...] > MADV_COLD (since Linux 5.4.1) > Deactivate a given range of pages by moving them from active to > inactive LRU list. This is done to accelerate the reclaim of these > pages. The advice might be ignored for some pages in the range when it > is not applicable. I do not think we want to talk about active/inactive LRU lists here. Wouldn't it be sufficient to say Deactive a given range of pages which will make them a more probable reclaim target should there be a memory pressure. This is a non-destructive operation. Other than that, looks good to me from the content POV. Thanks! -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
