On Thu, 24 Nov 2022, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT is kinda misnomer these days, as the only thing it does > is to add __GFP_RECLAIMABLE to cache's gfp flags for the page allocator's > mobility grouping. I guess the "ACCOUNT" part comes from being counted > towards SReclaimable (vs SUnreclaim) in /proc/meminfo. Well these Sreclaimable etc counters visible in /proc/meminfo are used in the reclaim logic and are quite important there.