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From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
To: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
	Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com>,
	Raghavendra D Prabhu <raghu.prabhu13@gmail.com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>, Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>,
	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>,
	stable <stable@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: vmscan: If kswapd has been running too long, allow it to sleep
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 17:26:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110516152649.GU16531@cmpxchg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1305558417-24354-3-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de>

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 04:06:57PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Under constant allocation pressure, kswapd can be in the situation where
> sleeping_prematurely() will always return true even if kswapd has been
> running a long time. Check if kswapd needs to be scheduled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>

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From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
To: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
	Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com>,
	Raghavendra D Prabhu <raghu.prabhu13@gmail.com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>, Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>,
	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>,
	stable <stable@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: vmscan: If kswapd has been running too long, allow it to sleep
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 17:26:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110516152649.GU16531@cmpxchg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1305558417-24354-3-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de>

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 04:06:57PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Under constant allocation pressure, kswapd can be in the situation where
> sleeping_prematurely() will always return true even if kswapd has been
> running a long time. Check if kswapd needs to be scheduled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>

  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-16 15:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-16 15:06 [PATCH 0/2] Eliminate hangs when using frequent high-order allocations V3 Mel Gorman
2011-05-16 15:06 ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-16 15:06 ` [PATCH 1/2] mm: vmscan: Correct use of pgdat_balanced in sleeping_prematurely Mel Gorman
2011-05-16 15:06   ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-16 15:26   ` Johannes Weiner
2011-05-16 15:26     ` Johannes Weiner
2011-05-17  5:26     ` Wu Fengguang
2011-05-17  5:26       ` Wu Fengguang
2011-05-16 23:05   ` Minchan Kim
2011-05-16 23:05     ` Minchan Kim
2011-05-16 15:06 ` [PATCH 2/2] mm: vmscan: If kswapd has been running too long, allow it to sleep Mel Gorman
2011-05-16 15:06   ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-16 15:26   ` Johannes Weiner [this message]
2011-05-16 15:26     ` Johannes Weiner
2011-05-16 21:16   ` Andrew Morton
2011-05-16 21:16     ` Andrew Morton
2011-05-17  6:37     ` James Bottomley
2011-05-17  6:37       ` James Bottomley
2011-05-17 23:22       ` Andrew Morton
2011-05-17 23:22         ` Andrew Morton
2011-05-18  9:47         ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-18  9:47           ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-18 22:42           ` Minchan Kim
2011-05-18 22:42             ` Minchan Kim
2011-05-19  9:19             ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-19  9:19               ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-19  9:19               ` Mel Gorman
2011-05-19  0:28           ` Dave Chinner
2011-05-19  0:28             ` Dave Chinner

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