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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mmzone.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mmzone.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h index 3e822335f214..d863698a84e0 100644 --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h @@ -293,9 +293,21 @@ static inline bool is_active_lru(enum lru_list lru) #define ANON_AND_FILE 2 enum lruvec_flags { - LRUVEC_CONGESTED, /* lruvec has many dirty pages - * backed by a congested BDI - */ + /* + * An lruvec has many dirty pages backed by a congested BDI: + * 1. LRUVEC_CGROUP_CONGESTED is set by cgroup-level reclaim. + * It can be cleared by cgroup reclaim or kswapd. + * 2. LRUVEC_NODE_CONGESTED is set by kswapd node-level reclaim. + * It can only be cleared by kswapd. + * + * Essentially, kswapd can unthrottle an lruvec throttled by cgroup + * reclaim, but not vice versa. This only applies to the root cgroup. + * The goal is to prevent cgroup reclaim on the root cgroup (e.g. + * memory.reclaim) to unthrottle an unbalanced node (that was throttled + * by kswapd). + */ + LRUVEC_CGROUP_CONGESTED, + LRUVEC_NODE_CONGESTED, }; #endif /* !__GENERATING_BOUNDS_H */ |