Re: [PATCH] mm: don't show nr_indirectly_reclaimable in /proc/vmstat

[David Rientjes]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, Michal Hocko wrote:

> > Don't show nr_indirectly_reclaimable in /proc/vmstat,
> > because there is no need in exporting this vm counter
> > to the userspace, and some changes are expected
> > in reclaimable object accounting, which can alter
> > this counter.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This is quite a hack. I would much rather revert the counter and fixed
> it the way Vlastimil has proposed. But if there is a strong opposition
> to the revert then this is probably the simples thing to do. Therefore
> 

Implementing this counter as a vmstat doesn't make much sense based on how 
it's used.  Do you have a link to what Vlastimil proposed?  I haven't seen 
mention of alternative ideas.