Re: [PATCH 1/7] memcg: sc.nr_to_reclaim should be initialized

[Balbir Singh]

* KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2010-07-16 19:13:31]:

> Currently, mem_cgroup_shrink_node_zone() initialize sc.nr_to_reclaim as 0.
> It mean shrink_zone() only scan 32 pages and immediately return even if
> it doesn't reclaim any pages.
> 
> This patch fixes it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/vmscan.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 1691ad0..bd1d035 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -1932,6 +1932,7 @@ unsigned long mem_cgroup_shrink_node_zone(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
>  						struct zone *zone, int nid)
>  {
>  	struct scan_control sc = {
> +		.nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
>  		.may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
>  		.may_unmap = 1,
>  		.may_swap = !noswap,

Could you please do some additional testing on

1. How far does this push pages (in terms of when limit is hit)?
2. Did you hit a problem with the current setting or is it a review
fix?


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	Three Cheers,
	Balbir
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