From: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>,
"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>,
Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] thp, mm: avoid PageUnevictable on active/inactive lru lists
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:04:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51B74A7A.1040707@sr71.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1370964919-16187-3-git-send-email-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
On 06/11/2013 08:35 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> active/inactive lru lists can contain unevicable pages (i.e. ramfs pages
> that have been placed on the LRU lists when first allocated), but these
> pages must not have PageUnevictable set - otherwise shrink_[in]active_list
> goes crazy:
I think it's also important here to note if this is a bug that can be
hit _currently_, or if this really is just a preparatory patch for
transparent huge page cache.
>From what I can see, this is _needed_ preparatory work, but it can also
stand on its own because it simplifies things. It should go in sooner
rather than later.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-11 16:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-11 15:35 [PATCH 0/8] Transparent huge page cache: phase 0, prep work Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-06-11 15:35 ` [PATCH 1/8] mm: drop actor argument of do_generic_file_read() Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-06-11 15:35 ` [PATCH 2/8] thp, mm: avoid PageUnevictable on active/inactive lru lists Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-06-11 16:04 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2013-06-11 16:27 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-06-11 15:35 ` [PATCH 3/8] thp: account anon transparent huge pages into NR_ANON_PAGES Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-06-11 15:35 ` [PATCH 4/8] mm: cleanup add_to_page_cache_locked() Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-06-11 15:35 ` [PATCH 5/8] thp, mm: locking tail page is a bug Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-06-11 15:35 ` [PATCH 6/8] thp: move maybe_pmd_mkwrite() out of mk_huge_pmd() Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-06-11 15:35 ` [PATCH 7/8] thp: do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page() cleanup Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-06-11 15:35 ` [PATCH 8/8] thp: consolidate code between handle_mm_fault() and do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page() Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-06-17 15:31 ` [PATCH 0/8] Transparent huge page cache: phase 0, prep work Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-06-25 13:57 ` [PING] " Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-07-15 10:47 [PATCH, REBASED 0/8] " Kirill A. Shutemov
2013-07-15 10:47 ` [PATCH 2/8] thp, mm: avoid PageUnevictable on active/inactive lru lists Kirill A. Shutemov
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