Re: [PATCH] mm/zswap: Improve with alloc_workqueue() call

From: Johannes Weiner
Date: Thu Jan 18 2024 - 11:48:47 EST


On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 11:16:08AM -0500, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 5:32 AM Ronald Monthero
> > > > @@ -1620,7 +1620,8 @@ static int zswap_setup(void)
> > > > zswap_enabled = false;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > - shrink_wq = create_workqueue("zswap-shrink");
> > > > + shrink_wq = alloc_workqueue("zswap-shrink",
> > > > + WQ_UNBOUND|WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);

> What could make a difference though is the increased concurrency by
> switching max_active from 1 to 0. This could cause a higher rate of
> shrinker runs, which might increase lock contention and reclaim
> volume. That part would be good to double check with the shrinker
> benchmarks.

Nevermind, I clearly can't read.

Could still be worthwhile testing with the default 0, but it's not a
concern in the patch as-is.

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>