January 18, 2022 1:21 AM, "Yu Zhao" <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 01:41:22AM -0700, Yu Zhao wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 01:30:00PM -0700, Yu Zhao wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 01:22:19PM -0700, Yu Zhao wrote: >>> TLDR >>> ==== >>> The current page reclaim is too expensive in terms of CPU usage and it >>> often makes poor choices about what to evict. This patchset offers an >>> alternative solution that is performant, versatile and >>> straightforward. >> >> <snipped> >> >>> Summery >>> ======= >>> The facts are: >>> 1. The independent lab results and the real-world applications >>> indicate substantial improvements; there are no known regressions. >>> 2. Thrashing prevention, working set estimation and proactive reclaim >>> work out of the box; there are no equivalent solutions. >>> 3. There is a lot of new code; nobody has demonstrated smaller changes >>> with similar effects. >>> >>> Our options, accordingly, are: >>> 1. Given the amount of evidence, the reported improvements will likely >>> materialize for a wide range of workloads. >>> 2. Gauging the interest from the past discussions [14][15][16], the >>> new features will likely be put to use for both personal computers >>> and data centers. >>> 3. Based on Google's track record, the new code will likely be well >>> maintained in the long term. It'd be more difficult if not >>> impossible to achieve similar effects on top of the existing >>> design. >> >> Hi Andrew, Linus, >> >> Can you please take a look at this patchset and let me know if it's >> 5.17 material? >> >> My goal is to get it merged asap so that users can reap the benefits >> and I can push the sequels. Please examine the data provided -- I >> think the unprecedented coverage and the magnitude of the improvements >> warrant a green light. > > My gratitude to Donald who has been helping test MGLRU since v2: > > Donald Carr (d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > > Founder of Chaos Reins (http://chaos-reins.com), an SF based > consultancy company specializing in designing/creating embedded > Linux appliances. Tested-by: Donald Carr <d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Can you please provide your Tested-by tags? This will ensure the credit > for your contributions. > > Thanks!
