On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:20:44 +0000 Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It's because migration depends on MMU. But we should be able to make > > a NOMMU version of migration that just does page cache, which is all > > that is reclaimable on NOMMU anyway. > > > > Conceivably, but I see little problem leaving them with lumpy reclaim. I see a really big problem: we'll need to maintain lumpy reclaim for ever! We keep on piling in more and more stuff, we're getting less sure that the old stuff is still effective. It's becoming more and more important to move some of our attention over to simplification, and to rejustification of earlier decisions. -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>