Re: [PATCH v10] mm: vmscan: try to reclaim swapcache pages if no swap space

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Tue Nov 28 2023 - 05:16:11 EST


On Tue 28-11-23 09:31:06, Huang, Ying wrote:
> Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> writes:
[...]
> > Right. On the other hand we could be more aggressive when dropping the
> > swapcache. Is there any actual reason why we cannot try to folio_free_swap
> > even when mem_cgroup_swap_full == F?
>
> If there are plenty free space in swap device, why not take advantage of
> it?

Maybe a stupid question but what is the advantage of keeping around in
the swap cache?

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs