On 09/26/2011 11:02 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
I don't have a proper patch prepared but I think it is a mistake for reclaim and compaction to be using different logic when deciding if action should be taken. Compaction uses compaction_suitable() and compaction_deferred() to decide whether it should compact or not and reclaim/compaction should share the same logic. I don't have a proper patch but the check would look something like;
Mel and I just hashed out the details on IRC. I'm building a test kernel with the new logic now and will post an updated patch if everything works as expected. -- All rights reversed -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. 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>