From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Compaction is more reliable than lumpy, and lumpy makes the system unusable
when it runs.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ unsigned long shrink_slab(unsigned long
static void set_lumpy_reclaim_mode(int priority, struct scan_control *sc,
bool sync)
{
+#ifndef CONFIG_COMPACTION
enum lumpy_mode mode = sync ? LUMPY_MODE_SYNC : LUMPY_MODE_ASYNC;
/*
@@ -294,11 +295,14 @@ static void set_lumpy_reclaim_mode(int p
sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode = mode;
else
sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode = LUMPY_MODE_NONE;
+#endif
}
static void disable_lumpy_reclaim_mode(struct scan_control *sc)
{
+#ifndef CONFIG_COMPACTION
sc->lumpy_reclaim_mode = LUMPY_MODE_NONE;
+#endif
}
static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct page *page)
@@ -321,9 +325,11 @@ static int may_write_to_queue(struct bac
if (bdi == current->backing_dev_info)
return 1;
+#ifndef CONFIG_COMPACTION
/* lumpy reclaim for hugepage often need a lot of write */
if (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
return 1;
+#endif
return 0;
}
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