Re: [PATCH 2/3] Refactor zone_reclaim

Balbir Singh
2010-12-01T05:22:27Z

* Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [2010-12-01 10:16:34]:

> * KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> [2010-12-01 10:23:29]:
>
> > On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:45:55 +0530
> > Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Refactor zone_reclaim, move reusable functionality outside
> > > of zone_reclaim. Make zone_reclaim_unmapped_pages modular
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >
> > Why is this min_mapped_pages based on zone (IOW, per-zone) ?
> >
>
> Kamezawa-San, this has been the design before the refactoring (it is
> based on zone_reclaim_mode and reclaim based on top of that). I am
> reusing bits of existing technology. The advantage of it being
> per-zone is that it integrates well with kswapd.
>

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Balbir