On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 06:36:27PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
*/
> -static void setup_pageset(struct per_cpu_pageset *p);
> +static void pageset_init(struct per_cpu_pageset *p);
this belongs to the respective patches
> -static void zone_set_pageset_high_and_batch(struct zone *zone)
> +static void zone_set_pageset_high_and_batch(struct zone *zone, bool force_update)
> {
> unsigned long new_high;
> unsigned long new_batch;
> @@ -6256,6 +6256,14 @@ static void zone_set_pageset_high_and_batch(struct zone *zone)
> new_batch = max(1UL, 1 * new_batch);
> }
>
> + if (zone->pageset_high != new_high ||
> + zone->pageset_batch != new_batch) {
> + zone->pageset_high = new_high;
> + zone->pageset_batch = new_batch;
> + } else if (!force_update) {
> + return;
> + }
I am probably missimg something obvious, so sorry, but why do we need
force_update here?
AFAICS, we only want to call pageset_update() in case zone->pageset_high/batch
and the new computed high/batch differs, so if everything is equal, why do we want
to call it anyways?
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Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3
