From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail137.messagelabs.com (mail137.messagelabs.com [216.82.249.19]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9DA126B0087 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 19:49:33 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4D00277F.9040000@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:49:03 -0500 From: Rik van Riel MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [patch] mm: skip rebalance of hopeless zones References: <1291821419-11213-1-git-send-email-hannes@cmpxchg.org> <20101209003621.GB3796@hostway.ca> In-Reply-To: <20101209003621.GB3796@hostway.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: Simon Kirby Cc: Johannes Weiner , Mel Gorman , Andrew Morton , linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On 12/08/2010 07:36 PM, Simon Kirby wrote: > Mel Gorman posted a similar patch to yours, but the logic is instead to > consider order>0 balancing sufficient when there are other balanced zones > totalling at least 25% of pages on this node. This would probably fix > your case as well. Mel's patch addresses something very different and is unlikely to fix the problem this patch addresses. -- All rights reversed -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org