Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: multi-gen lru: fix stat count

[Yu Zhao]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 2:22 AM Huan Yang <link@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> For multi-gen lru reclaim in evict_folios, like shrink_inactive_list,
> gather folios which isolate to reclaim, and invoke shirnk_folio_list.
>
> But, when complete shrink, it not gather shrink reclaim stat into sc,
> we can't get info like nr_dirty\congested in reclaim, and then
> control writeback, dirty number and mark as LRUVEC_CONGESTED, or
> just bpf trace shrink and get correct sc stat.
>
> This patch fix this by simple copy code from shrink_inactive_list when
> end of shrink list.

MGLRU doesn't try to write back dirt file pages in the reclaim path --
it filters them out in sort_folio() and leaves them to the page
writeback. (The page writeback is a dedicated component for this
purpose). So there is nothing to fix.