Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > First it would be useful to determine why the VM is reclaiming so > much memory. If it is somewhat predictable when the excessive > reclaim is going to happen, it might be worth capturing an event Often it's to get pages of a higher order. Just tracing alloc_pages should tell you that. There are a few other cases (like memory failure handling), but they're more obscure. -Andi -- ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Speaking for myself only -- 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 internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>