On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Mel Gorman <mgor...@suse.de> wrote:
> - if (!pmd_dirty(pmd))
> + /* See similar comment in do_numa_page for explanation */
> + if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
Yeah, that would certainly be a whole lot more obvious than all the
"if this particular pte/pmd looks like X" tests.
So that, together with scanning rate improvements (this *does* seem to
be somewhat chaotic, so it's quite possible that the current scanning
rate thing is just fairly unstable) is likely the right thing. I'd
just like to _understand_ why that write/dirty bit makes such a
difference. I thought I understood what was going on, and was happy,
and then Dave come with his crazy numbers.
Damn you Dave, and damn your numbers and "facts" and stuff. Sometimes
I much prefer ignorant bliss.
Linus
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