On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:15:49 +0100 Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > 1. local node only THP allocation with no reclaim, just compaction. > > 2. for madvised VMA's or when synchronous compaction is enabled always - THP > > allocation from any node with effort determined by global defrag setting > > and VMA madvise > > 3. fallback to base pages on any node > > > > Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> > > I've given this a try and here are the results of my previous testcase > (memory full of page cache). Thanks, I'll queue this for some more testing. At some point we should decide on a suitable set of Fixes: tags and a backporting strategy, if any?