On Wed 15-06-11 15:48:25, Ying Han wrote: > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu 02-06-11 22:25:29, Ying Han wrote: [...] > > yes, this makes sense but I am not sure about the right(tm) value of the > > MEMCG_SOFTLIMIT_RECLAIM_PRIORITY. 2 sounds too low. You would do quite a > > lot of loops > > (DEFAULT_PRIORITY-MEMCG_SOFTLIMIT_RECLAIM_PRIORITY) * zones * memcg_count > > without any progress (assuming that all of them are under soft limit > > which doesn't sound like a totally artificial configuration) until you > > allow reclaiming from groups that are under soft limit. Then, when you > > finally get to reclaiming, you scan rather aggressively. > > Fair enough, something smarter is definitely needed :) > > > > > Maybe something like 3/4 of DEFAULT_PRIORITY? You would get 3 times > > over all (unbalanced) zones and all cgroups that are above the limit > > (scanning max{1/4096+1/2048+1/1024, 3*SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX} of the LRUs for > > each cgroup) which could be enough to collect the low hanging fruit. > > Hmm, that sounds more reasonable than the initial proposal. > > For the same worst case where all the memcgs are blow their soft > limit, we need to scan 3 times of total memcgs before actually doing it is not scanning what we do. We just walk through all existing memcgs. I think that the real issue here is how much we scan when we start doing something useful. Maybe even DEFAULT_PRIORITY-3 is too much as well. dunno. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs SUSE LINUX s.r.o. Lihovarska 1060/12 190 00 Praha 9 Czech Republic -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>