[PATCH v6 0/9] Multigenerational LRU Framework

[Yu Zhao]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 01:30:00PM -0700, Yu Zhao wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 01:22:19PM -0700, Yu Zhao wrote:
> > TLDR
> > ====
> > The current page reclaim is too expensive in terms of CPU usage and it
> > often makes poor choices about what to evict. This patchset offers an
> > alternative solution that is performant, versatile and
> > straightforward.
> 
> <snipped>
> 
> > Summery
> > =======
> > The facts are:
> > 1. The independent lab results and the real-world applications
> >    indicate substantial improvements; there are no known regressions.
> > 2. Thrashing prevention, working set estimation and proactive reclaim
> >    work out of the box; there are no equivalent solutions.
> > 3. There is a lot of new code; nobody has demonstrated smaller changes
> >    with similar effects.
> > 
> > Our options, accordingly, are:
> > 1. Given the amount of evidence, the reported improvements will likely
> >    materialize for a wide range of workloads.
> > 2. Gauging the interest from the past discussions [14][15][16], the
> >    new features will likely be put to use for both personal computers
> >    and data centers.
> > 3. Based on Google's track record, the new code will likely be well
> >    maintained in the long term. It'd be more difficult if not
> >    impossible to achieve similar effects on top of the existing
> >    design.
> 
> Hi Andrew, Linus,
> 
> Can you please take a look at this patchset and let me know if it's
> 5.17 material?
> 
> My goal is to get it merged asap so that users can reap the benefits
> and I can push the sequels. Please examine the data provided -- I
> think the unprecedented coverage and the magnitude of the improvements
> warrant a green light.

Downstream kernel maintainers who have been carrying MGLRU for more than
3 versions, can you please provide your Acked-by tags?

Having this patchset in the mainline will make your job easier :)

   Alexandre - the XanMod Kernel maintainer
               https://xanmod.org
   
   Brian     - the Chrome OS kernel memory maintainer
               https://www.chromium.org
   
   Jan       - the Arch Linux Zen kernel maintainer
               https://archlinux.org
   
   Steven    - the Liquorix kernel maintainer
               https://liquorix.net
   
   Suleiman  - the ARCVM (Android downstream) kernel memory maintainer
               https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/kernel

Also my gratitude to those who have helped test MGLRU:

   Daniel - researcher at Michigan Tech
            benchmarked memcached
   
   Holger - who has been testing/patching/contributing to various
            subsystems since ~2008
   
   Shuang - researcher at University of Rochester
            benchmarked fio and provided a report
   
   Sofia  - EDI https://www.edi.works
            benchmarked the top eight memory hogs and provided reports

Can you please provide your Tested-by tags? This will ensure the credit
for your contributions.

Thanks!