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From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com>,
	Raghavendra D Prabhu <raghu.prabhu13@gmail.com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm: slub: Default slub_max_order to 0
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 14:21:12 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1305228072.2575.67.camel@mulgrave.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1105121345450.29359@router.home>

On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 13:46 -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Thu, 12 May 2011, James Bottomley wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 18:55 +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 10:43 -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> > > > However, since you admit even you see problems, let's concentrate on
> > > > fixing them rather than recriminations?
> > >
> > > Yes, please. So does dropping max_order to 1 help?
> > > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER is set to 3 in 2.6.39-rc7.
> >
> > Just booting with max_slab_order=1 (and none of the other patches
> > applied) I can still get the machine to go into kswapd at 99%, so it
> > doesn't seem to make much of a difference.
> 
> slub_max_order=1 right? Not max_slab_order.

Yes.

James



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From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
To: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com>,
	Raghavendra D Prabhu <raghu.prabhu13@gmail.com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm: slub: Default slub_max_order to 0
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 14:21:12 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1305228072.2575.67.camel@mulgrave.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1105121345450.29359@router.home>

On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 13:46 -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Thu, 12 May 2011, James Bottomley wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 18:55 +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 10:43 -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> > > > However, since you admit even you see problems, let's concentrate on
> > > > fixing them rather than recriminations?
> > >
> > > Yes, please. So does dropping max_order to 1 help?
> > > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER is set to 3 in 2.6.39-rc7.
> >
> > Just booting with max_slab_order=1 (and none of the other patches
> > applied) I can still get the machine to go into kswapd at 99%, so it
> > doesn't seem to make much of a difference.
> 
> slub_max_order=1 right? Not max_slab_order.

Yes.

James


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  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-12 19:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 157+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-11 15:29 [PATCH 0/3] Reduce impact to overall system of SLUB using high-order allocations Mel Gorman
2011-05-11 15:29 ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-11 15:29 ` [PATCH 1/3] mm: slub: Do not wake kswapd for SLUBs speculative " Mel Gorman
2011-05-11 15:29   ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-11 20:38   ` David Rientjes
2011-05-11 20:38     ` David Rientjes
2011-05-11 15:29 ` [PATCH 2/3] mm: slub: Do not take expensive steps " Mel Gorman
2011-05-11 15:29   ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-11 20:38   ` David Rientjes
2011-05-11 20:38     ` David Rientjes
2011-05-11 21:10     ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-11 21:10       ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-12 17:25       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 17:25         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-11 15:29 ` [PATCH 3/3] mm: slub: Default slub_max_order to 0 Mel Gorman
2011-05-11 15:29   ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-11 20:38   ` David Rientjes
2011-05-11 20:38     ` David Rientjes
2011-05-11 20:53     ` James Bottomley
2011-05-11 20:53       ` James Bottomley
2011-05-11 21:09     ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-11 21:09       ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-11 22:27       ` David Rientjes
2011-05-11 22:27         ` David Rientjes
2011-05-13 10:14         ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-13 10:14           ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-12 17:36     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 17:36       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-16 21:03       ` David Rientjes
2011-05-16 21:03         ` David Rientjes
2011-05-17  9:48         ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-17  9:48           ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-17 19:25           ` David Rientjes
2011-05-17 19:25             ` David Rientjes
2011-05-12 14:43   ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 14:43     ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 15:15     ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 15:15       ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 15:27       ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 15:27         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 15:43         ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 15:43           ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 15:46           ` Dave Jones
2011-05-12 15:46             ` Dave Jones
2011-05-12 16:00             ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 16:00               ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 16:08               ` Dave Jones
2011-05-12 16:08                 ` Dave Jones
2011-05-12 16:27               ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 16:27                 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 16:30                 ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 16:30                   ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 16:48                   ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 16:48                     ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 17:46                     ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 17:46                       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 18:00                       ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 18:00                         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 18:18                         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 18:18                           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 17:06                   ` Pekka Enberg
2011-05-12 17:06                     ` Pekka Enberg
2011-05-12 17:11                     ` Pekka Enberg
2011-05-12 17:11                       ` Pekka Enberg
2011-05-12 17:38                       ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 17:38                         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 18:00                         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 18:00                           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-13  9:49                           ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-13  9:49                             ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-15 16:39                             ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-15 16:39                               ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-16  8:42                               ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-16  8:42                                 ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-12 17:51                       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 17:51                         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 18:03                         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 18:03                           ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 18:09                           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 18:09                             ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 18:16                             ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 18:16                               ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 18:36                       ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 18:36                         ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 17:40                 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 17:40                   ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 15:55           ` Pekka Enberg
2011-05-12 15:55             ` Pekka Enberg
2011-05-12 18:37             ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 18:37               ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 18:46               ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 18:46                 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 19:21                 ` James Bottomley [this message]
2011-05-12 19:21                   ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 19:44               ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 19:44                 ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 20:04                 ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 20:04                   ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 20:29                   ` Johannes Weiner
2011-05-12 20:29                     ` Johannes Weiner
2011-05-12 20:31                     ` Johannes Weiner
2011-05-12 20:31                       ` Johannes Weiner
2011-05-12 20:31                     ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 20:31                       ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 22:04                   ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 22:04                     ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 22:15                     ` Johannes Weiner
2011-05-12 22:15                       ` Johannes Weiner
2011-05-12 22:58                       ` Minchan Kim
2011-05-12 22:58                         ` Minchan Kim
2011-05-12 22:58                         ` Minchan Kim
2011-05-13  5:39                         ` Minchan Kim
2011-05-13  5:39                           ` Minchan Kim
2011-05-13  0:47                       ` James Bottomley
2011-05-13  0:47                         ` James Bottomley
2011-05-13  4:12                         ` James Bottomley
2011-05-13  4:12                           ` James Bottomley
2011-05-13 10:55                         ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-13 10:55                           ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-13 14:16                           ` James Bottomley
2011-05-13 14:16                             ` James Bottomley
2011-05-13 10:30                       ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-13 10:30                         ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-13  6:16                   ` Pekka Enberg
2011-05-13  6:16                     ` Pekka Enberg
2011-05-13  6:16                     ` Pekka Enberg
2011-05-13 10:05                     ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-13 10:05                       ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-13 10:05                       ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-12 16:01           ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 16:01             ` Christoph Lameter
2011-05-12 16:10             ` Eric Dumazet
2011-05-12 16:10               ` Eric Dumazet
2011-05-12 16:10               ` Eric Dumazet
2011-05-12 17:37               ` Andrew Morton
2011-05-12 17:37                 ` Andrew Morton
2011-05-12 15:45         ` Dave Jones
2011-05-12 15:45           ` Dave Jones
2011-05-11 21:39 ` [PATCH 0/3] Reduce impact to overall system of SLUB using high-order allocations James Bottomley
2011-05-11 21:39   ` James Bottomley
2011-05-11 22:28   ` David Rientjes
2011-05-11 22:28     ` David Rientjes
2011-05-11 22:34     ` James Bottomley
2011-05-11 22:34       ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 11:13       ` Pekka Enberg
2011-05-12 11:13         ` Pekka Enberg
2011-05-12 13:19         ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-12 13:19           ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-12 14:04         ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 14:04           ` James Bottomley
2011-05-12 15:53           ` James Bottomley
2011-05-13 11:25             ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-13 11:25               ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-12 18:04       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-12 18:04         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-05-13 11:24         ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-13 11:24           ` Mel Gorman

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