Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] make slab shrink lockless

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sun Feb 26 2023 - 14:51:10 EST


On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:46:47 +0800 Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This patch series aims to make slab shrink lockless.

What an awesome changelog.

> 2. Survey
> =========

Especially this part.

Looking through all the prior efforts and at this patchset I am not
immediately seeing any statements about the overall effect upon
real-world workloads. For a good example, does this patchset
measurably improve throughput or energy consumption on your servers?