Re: [patch 10/21] buffer heads: Support slab defrag

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David Chinner wrote:
> > Why are we out of memory?
> 
> Defragmentation is triggered as part of the usual memory reclaim
> process. Which implies we've run out of free memory, correct?

I don't think that's true on no-MMU.  Defragmentation can be needed
often on no-MMU when there's lots of free memory, just in the wrong
places.

-- Jamie
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