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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/thrash.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/thrash.c b/mm/thrash.c index 42ffb01..e53f7d0 100644 --- a/mm/thrash.c +++ b/mm/thrash.c @@ -67,6 +67,17 @@ void grab_swap_token(struct mm_struct *mm) if (!swap_token_mm) goto replace_token; + /* + * Usually, we don't need priority aging because long interval faults + * makes priority decrease quickly. But there is one exception. If the + * token owner task is sleeping, it never make long interval faults. + * Thus, we need a priority aging mechanism instead. The requirements + * of priority aging are + * 1) An aging interval is reasonable enough long. Too short aging + * interval makes quick swap token lost and decrease performance. + * 2) The swap token owner task have to get priority aging even if + * it's under sleep. + */ if ((global_faults - last_aging) > TOKEN_AGING_INTERVAL) { swap_token_mm->token_priority /= 2; last_aging = global_faults; |
