On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 03:52:13PM +0000, Mel Gorman wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 03:51:17PM +0000, Mel Gorman wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 07:31:42AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 03:28:30PM +0000, Mel Gorman wrote: > > > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 06:53:59AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 06:02:40PM +0000, Mel Gorman wrote: > > > > > > This patch adds a per-node sysfs file called compact. When the file is > > > > > > written to, each zone in that node is compacted. The intention that this > > > > > > would be used by something like a job scheduler in a batch system before > > > > > > a job starts so that the job can allocate the maximum number of > > > > > > hugepages without significant start-up cost. > > > > > > > > > > As you are adding sysfs files, can you please also add documentation for > > > > > the file in Documentation/ABI/ ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > I looked at this before and hit a wall and then forgot about it. I couldn't > > > > find *where* I should document it at the time. There isn't a sysfs-devices-node > > > > file to add to and much (all?) of what is in that branch appears undocumented. > > > > > > Well, you can always just document what you add, or you can document the > > > existing stuff as well. It's your choice :) > > > > > > > Fair point! > > > > I've taken note to document what's in there over time. For the moment, > > is this a reasonable start? I'll split it into two patches but the end > > result will be the same. > > > > Bah, as I hit send, I recognised my folly. The first entry should be in > stable/ and the second should be in testing/. > Heh, no problem, looks good to me, thanks for doing this. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>