Re: [PATCH 3/3] vmevent: Implement special low-memory attribute

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The idea is that we can make some levels in advane and explain it to user
>
> Level 1: It a immediate response to user when kernel decide there are not fast-reclaimable pages any more.
> Level 2: It's rather slower response than level 1 but kernel will consider it as reclaimable target
> Level 3: It's slowest response because kernel will consider page needed long time to reclaim as reclaimable target.
>
> It doesn't expose any internal of kernel and can implment it in internal.
> For simple example,
>
> Level 1: non-mapped clean page
> Level 2: Level 1 + mapped clean-page
> Level 3: Level 2 + dirty pages
>
> So users of vmevent_fd can select his level.

I'm totally OK with pursuing something like this if people like Leonid
and Anton think it's useful for their use-cases.

--
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>


[Index of Archives]     [Linux ARM Kernel]     [Linux ARM]     [Linux Omap]     [Fedora ARM]     [IETF Annouce]     [Bugtraq]     [Linux]     [Linux OMAP]     [Linux MIPS]     [ECOS]     [Asterisk Internet PBX]     [Linux API]