On Fri 04-01-19 10:35:58, Arun KS wrote: > On 2018-11-07 11:51, Arun KS wrote: > > On 2018-11-07 01:38, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > On Tue 06-11-18 21:01:29, Arun KS wrote: > > > > On 2018-11-06 19:36, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > > On Tue 06-11-18 11:33:13, Arun KS wrote: > > > > > > When free pages are done with higher order, time spend on > > > > > > coalescing pages by buddy allocator can be reduced. With > > > > > > section size of 256MB, hot add latency of a single section > > > > > > shows improvement from 50-60 ms to less than 1 ms, hence > > > > > > improving the hot add latency by 60%. Modify external > > > > > > providers of online callback to align with the change. > > > > > > > > > > > > This patch modifies totalram_pages, zone->managed_pages and > > > > > > totalhigh_pages outside managed_page_count_lock. A follow up > > > > > > series will be send to convert these variable to atomic to > > > > > > avoid readers potentially seeing a store tear. > > > > > > > > > > Is there any reason to rush this through rather than wait for counters > > > > > conversion first? > > > > > > > > Sure Michal. > > > > > > > > Conversion patch, https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/10657217/ > > > > is currently > > > > incremental to this patch. > > > > > > The ordering should be other way around. Because as things stand with > > > this patch first it is possible to introduce a subtle race prone > > > updates. As I've said I am skeptical the race would matter, really, > > > but > > > there is no real reason to risk for that. Especially when you have the > > > other (first) half ready. > > > > Makes sense. I have rebased the preparatory patch on top of -rc1. > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10670787/ > > Hello Michal, > > Please review version 7 sent, > https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1028908/ I believe I have give my Acked-by to this version already, and v7 indeed has it. Are there any relevant changes since v6 for me to do the review again. If yes you should have dropped the Acked-by. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
