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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id l16si1215521plg.521.2022.02.22.09.50.24; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:50:46 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=rochester.edu Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234642AbiBVR2x (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:28:53 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58714 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230322AbiBVR2w (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:28:52 -0500 Received: from slate.cs.rochester.edu (slate.cs.rochester.edu [128.151.167.14]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0F40616FDF4; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:28:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from node1x10a.cs.rochester.edu (node1x10a.cs.rochester.edu [192.5.53.74]) by slate.cs.rochester.edu (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 21MHRmEg019803 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:27:48 -0500 Received: from node1x10a.cs.rochester.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by node1x10a.cs.rochester.edu (8.15.2/8.15.1) with ESMTP id 21MHRmOW031989; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:27:48 -0500 Received: (from szhai2@localhost) by node1x10a.cs.rochester.edu (8.15.2/8.15.1/Submit) id 21MHRjNN031988; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:27:45 -0500 From: Shuang Zhai To: mgorman@techsingularity.net Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, djwong@kernel.org, efault@gmx.de, hakavlad@inbox.lv, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, mhocko@suse.com, regressions@lists.linux.dev, riel@surriel.com, szhai2@cs.rochester.edu, vbabka@suse.cz Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] mm: vmscan: Reduce throttling due to a failure to make progress' Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:27:31 -0500 Message-Id: <20220222172731.31949-1-szhai2@cs.rochester.edu> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.21.3 In-Reply-To: <20220215144924.GS3366@techsingularity.net> References: <20220215144924.GS3366@techsingularity.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mel Gorman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 04:10:50PM -0500, Shuang Zhai wrote: > > Hi Mel, > > > > Mel Gorman wrote: > > > > > > Mike Galbraith, Alexey Avramov and Darrick Wong all reported similar > > > problems due to reclaim throttling for excessive lengths of time. > > > In Alexey's case, a memory hog that should go OOM quickly stalls for > > > several minutes before stalling. In Mike and Darrick's cases, a small > > > memcg environment stalled excessively even though the system had enough > > > memory overall. > > > > > > > I recently found a regression when I tested MGLRU with fio on Linux > > 5.16-rc6 [1]. After this patch was applied, I re-ran the test with Linux > > 5.16, but the regression has not been fixed yet. > > > > Am I correct in thinging that this only happens with MGLRU? Sorry about the confusion and let me clarify on this. The regression happens on upstream Linux with the default page replacement mechanism.