On Fri, 4 Jan 2019 12:49:46 +0000 Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This series reduces scan rates and success rates of compaction, primarily > by using the free lists to shorten scans, better controlling of skip > information and whether multiple scanners can target the same block and > capturing pageblocks before being stolen by parallel requests. The series > is based on the 4.21/5.0 merge window after Andrew's tree had been merged. > It's known to rebase cleanly. > > ... > > include/linux/compaction.h | 3 +- > include/linux/gfp.h | 7 +- > include/linux/mmzone.h | 2 + > include/linux/sched.h | 4 + > kernel/sched/core.c | 3 + > mm/compaction.c | 1031 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- > mm/internal.h | 23 +- > mm/migrate.c | 2 +- > mm/page_alloc.c | 70 ++- > 9 files changed, 908 insertions(+), 237 deletions(-) Boy that's a lot of material. I just tossed it in there unread for now. Do you have any suggestions as to how we can move ahead with getting this appropriately reviewed and tested?