> > Viewpoint 5. end user surprising > > > > lumpy reclaim can makes swap-out even though the system have lots free > > memory. end users very surprised it and they can think it is bug. > > > > Also, this swap activity easyly confuse that an administrator decide when > > install more memory into the system. > > > > Compaction in this case is a lot less surprising. If there is enough free > memory, compaction will trigger automatically without any reclaim. I fully agree this. -- 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>