Re: [PATCH 07/12] Export fragmentation index via /proc/pagetypeinfo

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On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:02 AM, Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Fragmentation index is a value that makes sense when an allocation of a
> given size would fail. The index indicates whether an allocation failure is
> due to a lack of memory (values towards 0) or due to external fragmentation
> (value towards 1).  For the most part, the huge page size will be the size
> of interest but not necessarily so it is exported on a per-order and per-zone
> basis via /proc/pagetypeinfo.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>

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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim

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