Re: [PATCH] Revert "mm/page-writeback.c: print a warning if the vm dirtiness settings are illogical" (was: Re: [PATCH] mm: print a warning once the vm dirtiness settings is illogical)

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On Tue 28-11-17 14:12:15, Yafang Shao wrote:
> 2017-11-28 11:11 GMT+08:00 Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Hi Michal,
> >
> > What about bellow change ?
> > It makes the function  domain_dirty_limits() more clear.
> > And the result will have a higher precision.
> >
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
> > index 8a15511..2b5e507 100644
> > --- a/mm/page-writeback.c
> > +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
> > @@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ static void domain_dirty_limits(struct
> > dirty_throttle_control *dtc)
> >     unsigned long bytes = vm_dirty_bytes;
> >     unsigned long bg_bytes = dirty_background_bytes;
> >     /* convert ratios to per-PAGE_SIZE for higher precision */
> > -   unsigned long ratio = (vm_dirty_ratio * PAGE_SIZE) / 100;
> > -   unsigned long bg_ratio = (dirty_background_ratio * PAGE_SIZE) / 100;
> > +   unsigned long ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
> > +   unsigned long bg_ratio = dirty_background_ratio;
> >     unsigned long thresh;
> >     unsigned long bg_thresh;
> >     struct task_struct *tsk;
> > @@ -416,28 +416,33 @@ static void domain_dirty_limits(struct
> > dirty_throttle_control *dtc)
> >          */
> >         if (bytes)
> >             ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bytes, global_avail),
> > -                   PAGE_SIZE);
> > +                   100);
> >         if (bg_bytes)
> >             bg_ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bg_bytes, global_avail),
> > -                      PAGE_SIZE);
> > +                      99);   /* bg_ratio should less than ratio */
> >         bytes = bg_bytes = 0;
> >     }
> 
> 
> Errata:
> 
>         if (bytes)
> -           ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bytes, global_avail),
> -                   PAGE_SIZE);
> +           ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bytes / PAGE_SIZE, global_avail),
> +                   100);
>         if (bg_bytes)
> -           bg_ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bg_bytes, global_avail),
> -                      PAGE_SIZE);
> +           bg_ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bg_bytes / PAGE_SIZE, global_avail),
> +                      100 - 1); /* bg_ratio should be less than ratio */
>         bytes = bg_bytes = 0;

And you really think this makes code easier to follow? I am somehow not
conviced...

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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