On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 11:18:18 +0000 Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When kswapd wakes up, it reads its order and classzone from pgdat and > calls balance_pgdat. While its awake, it potentially reclaimes at a high > order and a low classzone index. This might have been a once-off that > was not required by subsequent callers. However, because the pgdat > values were not reset, they remain artifically high while > balance_pgdat() is running and potentially kswapd enters a second > unnecessary reclaim cycle. Reset the pgdat order and classzone index > after reading. > > Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- 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>