Messages in this thread | | | From | Suren Baghdasaryan <> | Date | Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:14:00 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] process_madvise.2: Add process_madvise man page |
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On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 5:19 AM 'Michal Hocko' via kernel-team <kernel-team@android.com> wrote: > > On Wed 20-01-21 12:23:37, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: > [...] > > MADV_COLD (since Linux 5.4.1) > > Deactivate a given range of pages by moving them from active to > > inactive LRU list. This is done to accelerate the reclaim of these > > pages. The advice might be ignored for some pages in the range when it > > is not applicable. > > I do not think we want to talk about active/inactive LRU lists here. > Wouldn't it be sufficient to say > Deactive a given range of pages which will make them a more probable > reclaim target should there be a memory pressure. This is a > non-destructive operation.
That sounds better. Will update in the next version.
> > Other than that, looks good to me from the content POV. > > Thanks!
Thanks for the review Michal!
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