Re: [PATCH v6 1/6] mm/vmscan: make active/inactive ratio as 1:1 for anon lru

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2020년 7월 1일 (수) 오전 2:27, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>님이 작성:
>
> On 6/17/20 7:26 AM, js1304@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Current implementation of LRU management for anonymous page has some
> > problems. Most important one is that it doesn't protect the workingset,
> > that is, pages on the active LRU list. Although, this problem will be
> > fixed in the following patchset, the preparation is required and
> > this patch does it.
> >
> > What following patchset does is to restore workingset protection. In this
>
> "Restore" sounds as if the protection used to be there and then it was removed.
> If it's the case, it should be said what commit did that. Otherwise I would say
> "implement", not "restore"?
>
> > case, newly created or swap-in pages are started their lifetime on the
>
> I would rephrase it: "After the following patch, newly created or swap-in pages
> will start their lifetime... "
>
> > inactive list. If inactive list is too small, there is not enough chance
> > to be referenced and the page cannot become the workingset.
> >
> > In order to provide enough chance to the newly anonymous pages, this patch
>
> "In order to provide the newly anonymous pages enough chance to be referenced
> again..."
>
> > makes active/inactive LRU ratio as 1:1.
>
> Here I would add:
>
> This is just a temporary measure. Later patch in the series introduces
> workingset detection for anonymous LRU that will be used to better decide if
> pages should start on the active and inactive list. Afterwards this patch is
> effectively reverted.
>
> > Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

Thanks!

I will change the commit description as you suggested.

Thanks.





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