Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] memcg : pass scan nodemask

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Mon Aug 01 2011 - 10:00:08 EST


On Wed 27-07-11 14:47:42, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
>
> pass memcg's nodemask to try_to_free_pages().
>
> try_to_free_pages can take nodemask as its argument but memcg
> doesn't pass it. Considering memcg can be used with cpuset on
> big NUMA, memcg should pass nodemask if available.
>
> Now, memcg maintain nodemask with periodic updates. pass it.
>
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/memcontrol.h | 2 +-
> mm/memcontrol.c | 8 ++++++--
> mm/vmscan.c | 3 ++-
> 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
[...]
> Index: mmotm-0710/mm/vmscan.c
> ===================================================================
> --- mmotm-0710.orig/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ mmotm-0710/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -2280,6 +2280,7 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pag
> unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
> unsigned long start, end;
> int nid;
> + nodemask_t *mask;
> struct scan_control sc = {
> .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
> .may_unmap = 1,
> @@ -2302,7 +2303,7 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pag
> * take care of from where we get pages. So the node where we start the
> * scan does not need to be the current node.
> */
> - nid = mem_cgroup_select_victim_node(mem_cont);
> + nid = mem_cgroup_select_victim_node(mem_cont, &mask);

The mask is not used anywhere AFAICS and using it is a point of the
patch AFAIU. I guess you wanted to use &sc.nodemask, right?

Other than that, looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>
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