On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 08:50:27AM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> On Thu, 12 May 2011 16:53:54 +0200
> Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The reclaim code has a single predicate for whether it currently
> > reclaims on behalf of a memory cgroup, as well as whether it is
> > reclaiming from the global LRU list or a memory cgroup LRU list.
> >
> > Up to now, both cases always coincide, but subsequent patches will
> > change things such that global reclaim will scan memory cgroup lists.
> >
> > This patch adds a new predicate that tells global reclaim from memory
> > cgroup reclaim, and then changes all callsites that are actually about
> > global reclaim heuristics rather than strict LRU list selection.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hmm, isn't it better to merge this to patches where the meaning of
> new variable gets clearer ?
I apologize for the confusing order. I am going to merge them.
> > mm/vmscan.c | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
> > 1 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> > index f6b435c..ceeb2a5 100644
> > --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> > +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> > @@ -104,8 +104,12 @@ struct scan_control {
> > */
> > reclaim_mode_t reclaim_mode;
> >
> > - /* Which cgroup do we reclaim from */
> > - struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup;
> > + /*
> > + * The memory cgroup we reclaim on behalf of, and the one we
> > + * are currently reclaiming from.
> > + */
> > + struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
> > + struct mem_cgroup *current_memcg;
> >
>
> I wonder if you avoid renaming exisiting one, the patch will
> be clearer...
I renamed it mostly because I thought current_mem_cgroup too long.
It's probably best if both get more descriptive names.
> > @@ -154,16 +158,24 @@ static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
> > static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
> > -#define scanning_global_lru(sc) (!(sc)->mem_cgroup)
> > +static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
> > +{
> > + return !sc->memcg;
> > +}
> > +static bool scanning_global_lru(struct scan_control *sc)
> > +{
> > + return !sc->current_memcg;
> > +}
>
>
> Could you add comments ?
Yes, I will.
Thanks for your input!
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