Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:20:07 -0700 (PDT) | From | David Rientjes <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mm: don't show nr_indirectly_reclaimable in /proc/vmstat |
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, Roman Gushchin 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. > > > > > > > I don't think it should be a per-node vmstat, in this case. It appears > > only to be used for the global context. Shouldn't this be handled like > > totalram_pages, total_swap_pages, totalreserve_pages, etc? > > Hi, David! > > I don't see any reasons why re-using existing infrastructure for > fast vm counters is bad, and why should we re-invent it for this case. >
Because now you have to modify the existing infrastructure for something that shouldn't be a vmstat in the first place?
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