On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 02:50:15PM -0600, Keith Busch wrote: > + system_mem_wq = alloc_workqueue("events_mem_unbound", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, So, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM on a shared workqueue doesn't make much sense. That flag guarantees single concurrency level to the workqueue. How would multiple users of a shared workqueue coordinate around that? What prevents one events_mem_unbound user from depending on, say, draining lru? If lru draining requires a rescuer to guarantee forward progress under memory pressure, that rescuer worker must be dedicated for that purpose and can't be shared. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>