Re: [PATCH 5/6] mm/page_alloc: Limit the number of pages on PCP lists when reclaim is active

Vlastimil Babka
2021-05-28T11:43:29Z

On 5/25/21 10:01 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> When kswapd is active then direct reclaim is potentially active. In
> either case, it is possible that a zone would be balanced if pages were
> not trapped on PCP lists. Instead of draining remote pages, simply limit
> the size of the PCP lists while kswapd is active.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>