On 27 Mar 2020, at 13:05, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> __collapse_huge_page_swapin() check number of referenced PTE to decide
> if the memory range is hot enough to justify swapin.
>
> The problem is that it stops collapse altogether if there's not enough
> refereced pages, not only swappingin.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 0db501f7a34c ("mm, thp: convert from optimistic swapin collapsing to conservative")
> ---
> mm/khugepaged.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
> index 99bab7e4d05b..14d7afc90786 100644
> --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
> +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
> @@ -905,7 +905,8 @@ static bool __collapse_huge_page_swapin(struct mm_struct *mm,
> /* we only decide to swapin, if there is enough young ptes */
> if (referenced < HPAGE_PMD_NR/2) {
> trace_mm_collapse_huge_page_swapin(mm, swapped_in, referenced, 0);
> - return false;
> + /* Do not block collapse, only skip swapping in */
> + return true;
> }
> vmf.pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, address);
> for (; vmf.address < address + HPAGE_PMD_NR*PAGE_SIZE;
> --
> 2.26.0
Make sense.
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Best Regards,
Yan Zi
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