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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
To: Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: vmscan: fix setting reclaim mode
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:44:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120110094452.GC4118@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJd=RBAqzawZ=jEFt7TrZgU0gaejMkfiBxzH7Y19qqNnsZrJGw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 03:05:03PM +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
> The check for under memory pressure is corrected, then lumpy reclaim or
> reclaim/compaction could be avoided either when for order-O reclaim or
> when free pages are already low enough.
> 

No explanation of problem, how this patch fixes it or what the impact
is.

At a glance, this will have the impact of using sync reclaim at low
reclaim priorities. This is unexpected so needs much better explanation.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs

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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
To: Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: vmscan: fix setting reclaim mode
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:44:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120110094452.GC4118@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJd=RBAqzawZ=jEFt7TrZgU0gaejMkfiBxzH7Y19qqNnsZrJGw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 03:05:03PM +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
> The check for under memory pressure is corrected, then lumpy reclaim or
> reclaim/compaction could be avoided either when for order-O reclaim or
> when free pages are already low enough.
> 

No explanation of problem, how this patch fixes it or what the impact
is.

At a glance, this will have the impact of using sync reclaim at low
reclaim priorities. This is unexpected so needs much better explanation.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs

  reply	other threads:[~2012-01-10  9:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-08  7:05 [PATCH] mm: vmscan: fix setting reclaim mode Hillf Danton
2012-01-08  7:05 ` Hillf Danton
2012-01-10  9:44 ` Mel Gorman [this message]
2012-01-10  9:44   ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-10 15:58   ` Hillf Danton
2012-01-10 15:58     ` Hillf Danton
2012-01-10 16:44     ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-10 16:44       ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-10 16:58       ` Hillf Danton
2012-01-10 16:58         ` Hillf Danton
2012-01-11 12:12       ` Hillf Danton
2012-01-11 12:12         ` Hillf Danton

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