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Re: memory reclaim problems on fs usage

To: arekm@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: memory reclaim problems on fs usage
From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:13:23 +0900
Cc: htejun@xxxxxxxxx, cl@xxxxxxxxx, mhocko@xxxxxxxx, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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In-reply-to: <201511151229.23312.arekm@xxxxxxxx>
References: <201511102313.36685.arekm@xxxxxxxx> <201511142140.38245.arekm@xxxxxxxx> <201511151135.JGD81717.OFOOSMFJFQHVtL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <201511151229.23312.arekm@xxxxxxxx>
Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> On Sunday 15 of November 2015, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > I think that the vmstat statistics now have correct values.
> > 
> > > But are these patches solving the problem or just hiding it?
> > 
> > Excuse me but I can't judge.
> >
> > If you are interested in monitoring how vmstat statistics are changing
> > under stalled condition, you can try below patch.
> 
> 
> Here is log with this and all previous patches applied:
> http://ixion.pld-linux.org/~arekm/log-mm-5.txt.gz

Regarding "Node 0 Normal" (min:7104kB low:8880kB high:10656kB),
all free: values look sane to me. I think that your problem was solved.

$ grep "Normal free:" log-mm-5.txt | cut -b 44- | awk -F' ' ' { print $4 } ' | 
cut -b 6- | sort -g
8608kB
8636kB
8920kB
8920kB
8952kB
8968kB
8980kB
(...snipped...)
215364kB
290068kB
290428kB
291176kB
292836kB
303992kB
306468kB
318080kB
319548kB

$ grep "Normal free:" log-mm-1.txt | cut -b 44- | awk -F' ' ' { print $4 } ' | 
cut -b 6- | sort -g
0kB
40kB
128kB
128kB
128kB
128kB
128kB
128kB
128kB
128kB
(...snipped...)
412kB
616kB
1268kB
1544kB
1696kB
2756kB
2756kB
2756kB
2756kB
2756kB
2756kB
2756kB

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