From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754722AbYEHEzY (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2008 00:55:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752704AbYEHEzH (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2008 00:55:07 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:44361 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751731AbYEHEzF (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2008 00:55:05 -0400 Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 00:54:15 -0400 From: Rik van Riel To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: lee.schermerhorn@hp.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 00/15] VM pageout scalability improvements (V6) Message-ID: <20080508005415.73e611b9@bree.surriel.com> In-Reply-To: <20080428181835.502876582@redhat.com> References: <20080428181835.502876582@redhat.com> Organization: Red Hat, Inc. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.10.4; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:18:35 -0400 Rik van Riel wrote: > On large memory systems, the VM can spend way too much time scanning > through pages that it cannot (or should not) evict from memory. Not > only does it use up CPU time, but it also provokes lock contention > and can leave large systems under memory presure in a catatonic state. > This patch series improves VM scalability by: > An all-in-one patch can be found at: > > http://people.redhat.com/riel/splitvm/ I have prepared kernel RPMs with the split LRU patch series and made them available at the above URL. The kernel packages are based on the 2.6.25 Fedora 9 kernel RPM. -- All rights reversed.