Re: [PATCH v4 5/7] add profile information for invalidated page reclaim

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Hi KOSAKI,

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 5:02 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro
<kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This patch adds profile information about invalidated page reclaim.
>> It's just for profiling for test so it would be discard when the series
>> are merged.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/vmstat.h |    4 ++--
>>  mm/swap.c              |    3 +++
>>  mm/vmstat.c            |    3 +++
>>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Today, we have tracepoint. tracepoint has no overhead if it's unused.
> but vmstat has a overhead even if unused.
>
> Then, all new vmstat proposal should be described why you think it is
> frequently used from administrators.

It's just for easy gathering the data when Ben will test.
I never want to merge it in upstream and even mmtom.

If you don't like it for just testing, I am happy to change it with tracepoint.

Thanks.
-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim

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