Re: 2.6.3-mm3

Mike Fedyk
2004-02-26T04:09:36Z

Nick Piggin wrote:
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> Mike Fedyk wrote:
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>> So, you think vm-shrink-slab-lowmem.patch shrinks slab too much, or
>> Andrew's patch (IIRC, those comments were for Andrew's patch...)?
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> Mine does.
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Won't Andrew's patch scan/shrink the slab more if there is more highmem
than lowmem?

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>> Hmm, do you think I'd get more slab shrinking with 2.6.3 +
>> zone-balancing-fix.patch?
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> Not really because you shouldn't be hitting the direct reclaim
> path. shrink_slab-for-all-zones.patch will help more though.

Sorry, I meant "shrink slab more than 2.6.3 with 2.6.3 +
zone-balancing-fix.patch".

Since the zones are more balanced, there should be more lowmem scanning
going on...