The patch titled zoned vm counters: conversion of nr_unstable to per zone counter has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: zoned vm counters: conversion of nr_unstable to per zone counter From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> Conversion of nr_unstable to a per zone counter Avoids looping over processor to establish writeback state. This converts the last critical page state for the VM and therefore GET_PAGE_STATE_LAST becomes invalid. The next patch is needed to make the kernel compile again. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/node.c | 2 ++ fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 +- fs/nfs/write.c | 6 ++---- include/linux/mmzone.h | 1 + include/linux/page-flags.h | 3 +-- mm/page-writeback.c | 2 +- mm/page_alloc.c | 8 ++++---- 7 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/base/node.c~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter drivers/base/node.c --- devel/drivers/base/node.c~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/drivers/base/node.c 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static ssize_t node_read_meminfo(struct "Node %d LowFree: %8lu kB\n" "Node %d Dirty: %8lu kB\n" "Node %d Writeback: %8lu kB\n" + "Node %d Unstable: %8lu kB\n" "Node %d Mapped: %8lu kB\n" "Node %d Pagecache: %8lu kB\n" "Node %d Slab: %8lu kB\n", @@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ static ssize_t node_read_meminfo(struct nid, K(i.freeram - i.freehigh), nid, K(nr[NR_DIRTY]), nid, K(nr[NR_WRITEBACK]), + nid, K(nr[NR_UNSTABLE]), nid, K(nr[NR_MAPPED]), nid, K(nr[NR_PAGECACHE]), nid, K(nr[NR_SLAB])); diff -puN fs/fs-writeback.c~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter fs/fs-writeback.c --- devel/fs/fs-writeback.c~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/fs/fs-writeback.c 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block * .range_end = LLONG_MAX, }; unsigned long nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_DIRTY); - unsigned long nr_unstable = read_page_state(nr_unstable); + unsigned long nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE); wbc.nr_to_write = nr_dirty + nr_unstable + (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused) + diff -puN fs/nfs/write.c~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter fs/nfs/write.c --- devel/fs/nfs/write.c~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/fs/nfs/write.c 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 @@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ nfs_mark_request_commit(struct nfs_page nfs_list_add_request(req, &nfsi->commit); nfsi->ncommit++; spin_unlock(&nfsi->req_lock); - inc_page_state(nr_unstable); + inc_zone_page_state(req->wb_page, NR_UNSTABLE); mark_inode_dirty(inode); } #endif @@ -1382,7 +1382,6 @@ static void nfs_commit_done(struct rpc_t { struct nfs_write_data *data = calldata; struct nfs_page *req; - int res = 0; dprintk("NFS: %4d nfs_commit_done (status %d)\n", task->tk_pid, task->tk_status); @@ -1420,9 +1419,8 @@ static void nfs_commit_done(struct rpc_t nfs_mark_request_dirty(req); next: nfs_clear_page_writeback(req); - res++; + dec_zone_page_state(req->wb_page, NR_UNSTABLE); } - sub_page_state(nr_unstable,res); } static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs_commit_ops = { diff -puN include/linux/mmzone.h~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter include/linux/mmzone.h --- devel/include/linux/mmzone.h~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/include/linux/mmzone.h 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ enum zone_stat_item { NR_PAGETABLE, /* used for pagetables */ NR_DIRTY, NR_WRITEBACK, + NR_UNSTABLE, /* NFS unstable pages */ NR_STAT_ITEMS }; #ifdef CONFIG_SMP diff -puN include/linux/page-flags.h~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter include/linux/page-flags.h --- devel/include/linux/page-flags.h~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/include/linux/page-flags.h 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 @@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ * commented here. */ struct page_state { - unsigned long nr_unstable; /* NFS unstable pages */ -#define GET_PAGE_STATE_LAST nr_unstable +#define GET_PAGE_STATE_LAST xxx /* * The below are zeroed by get_page_state(). Use get_full_page_state() diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter mm/page_alloc.c --- devel/mm/page_alloc.c~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/mm/page_alloc.c 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 @@ -614,7 +614,8 @@ static int rmqueue_bulk(struct zone *zon } char *vm_stat_item_descr[NR_STAT_ITEMS] = { - "mapped", "pagecache", "slab", "pagetable", "dirty", "writeback" + "mapped", "pagecache", "slab", "pagetable", "dirty", "writeback", + "unstable" }; /* @@ -1721,7 +1722,7 @@ void show_free_areas(void) inactive, global_page_state(NR_DIRTY), global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK), - ps.nr_unstable, + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE), nr_free_pages(), global_page_state(NR_SLAB), global_page_state(NR_MAPPED), @@ -2718,10 +2719,9 @@ static char *vmstat_text[] = { "nr_page_table_pages", "nr_dirty", "nr_writeback", - - /* Page state */ "nr_unstable", + /* Page state */ "pgpgin", "pgpgout", "pswpin", diff -puN mm/page-writeback.c~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter mm/page-writeback.c --- devel/mm/page-writeback.c~zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/mm/page-writeback.c 2006-06-09 02:49:47.000000000 -0700 @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct writeback_state static void get_writeback_state(struct writeback_state *wbs) { wbs->nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_DIRTY); - wbs->nr_unstable = read_page_state(nr_unstable); + wbs->nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE); wbs->nr_mapped = global_page_state(NR_MAPPED); wbs->nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from clameter@xxxxxxx are page-migration-make-do_swap_page-redo-the-fault.patch slab-extract-cache_free_alien-from-__cache_free.patch migration-remove-unnecessary-pageswapcache-checks.patch page-migration-cleanup-rename-ignrefs-to-migration.patch page-migration-cleanup-group-functions.patch page-migration-cleanup-remove-useless-definitions.patch page-migration-cleanup-drop-nr_refs-in-remove_references.patch page-migration-cleanup-extract-try_to_unmap-from-migration-functions.patch page-migration-cleanup-pass-mapping-to-migration-functions.patch page-migration-cleanup-move-fallback-handling-into-special-function.patch swapless-pm-add-r-w-migration-entries.patch swapless-page-migration-rip-out-swap-based-logic.patch swapless-page-migration-modify-core-logic.patch more-page-migration-do-not-inc-dec-rss-counters.patch more-page-migration-use-migration-entries-for-file-pages.patch page-migration-update-documentation.patch mm-remove-vm_locked-before-remap_pfn_range-and-drop-vm_shm.patch page-migration-simplify-migrate_pages.patch page-migration-simplify-migrate_pages-tweaks.patch page-migration-handle-freeing-of-pages-in-migrate_pages.patch page-migration-use-allocator-function-for-migrate_pages.patch page-migration-support-moving-of-individual-pages.patch page-migration-detailed-status-for-moving-of-individual-pages.patch page-migration-support-moving-of-individual-pages-fixes.patch page-migration-support-moving-of-individual-pages-x86_64-support.patch page-migration-support-moving-of-individual-pages-x86-support.patch page-migration-support-a-vma-migration-function.patch allow-migration-of-mlocked-pages.patch zoned-vm-counters-per-zone-counter-functionality.patch zoned-vm-counters-include-per-zone-counters-in-proc-vmstat.patch zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_mapped-to-per-zone-counter.patch zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_pagecache-to-per-zone-counter.patch zoned-vm-counters-use-per-zone-counters-to-remove-zone_reclaim_interval.patch zoned-vm-counters-add-per-zone-counters-to-zone-node-and-global-vm-statistics.patch zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_slab-to-per-zone-counter.patch zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_pagetable-to-per-zone-counter.patch zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_dirty-to-per-zone-counter.patch zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_writeback-to-per-zone-counter.patch zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter.patch zoned-vm-counters-remove-unused-get_page_stat-functions.patch zoned-vm-counters-conversion-of-nr_bounce-to-per-zone-counter.patch zoned-vm-counters-remove-useless-writeback-structure.patch cpuset-remove-extra-cpuset_zone_allowed-check-in-__alloc_pages.patch swap_prefetch-conversion-of-nr_mapped-to-per-zone-counter.patch swap_prefetch-conversion-of-nr_slab-to-per-zone-counter.patch swap_prefetch-conversion-of-nr_dirty-to-per-zone-counter.patch swap_prefetch-conversion-of-nr_writeback-to-per-zone-counter.patch swap_prefetch-conversion-of-nr_unstable-to-per-zone-counter.patch swap_prefetch-remove-unused-get_page_stat-functions.patch reiser4-conversion-of-nr_dirty-to-per-zone-counter.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html