Experimental Results: ==================== Test setup: ---------- x86 Sandybridge dual-socket quad core HT-enabled machine, with 128GB RAM. Memory Region size = 512MB. Testcase: -------- Strategy: Try to allocate and free large chunks of memory (comparable to that of memory region size) in multiple threads, and examine the number of completely free memory regions at the end of the run (when all the memory is freed). (Note that we don't create any pagecache usage here). Implementation: Run 20 instances of multi-threaded ebizzy in parallel, with chunksize=256MB, and no. of threads=32. This means, potentially 20 * 32 threads can allocate/free memory in parallel, and each alloc/free size will be 256MB, which is half of the memory region size. Cmd-line of each ebizzy instance: ./ebizzy -s 268435456 -n 2 -t 32 -S 60 Effectiveness in consolidating allocations: ------------------------------------------ With the above test case, the higher the number of completely free memory regions at the end of the run, the better is the memory management algorithm in consolidating allocations. Here are the results, with vanilla 3.11-rc7 and with this patchset applied: Free regions at test-start Free regions after test-run Without patchset 242 18 With patchset 238 121 This shows that this patchset performs tremendously better than vanilla kernel in terms of keeping the memory allocations consolidated to a minimum no. of memory regions. Note that the amount of memory consumed at the end of the run is 0, so it shows the drastic extent to which the mainline kernel can fragment memory by spreading a handful of pages across many memory regions. And since this patchset teaches the kernel to understand the memory region granularity/boundaries and influences the MM decisions effectively, it shows a significant improvement over mainline. Also, this improvement is with the allocator changes alone; targeted compaction (which was dropped in this version) is expected to show even more benefits. Below is the log of the variation of the no. of completely free regions from the beginning to the end of the test, at 1 second intervals (total test-run takes 1 minute). Vanilla 3.11-rc7 With this patchset 242 238 242 238 242 238 242 238 242 238 239 236 221 215 196 181 171 139 144 112 117 78 69 48 49 24 27 21 15 21 15 21 15 21 15 21 15 21 15 21 15 22 15 22 15 23 15 23 15 27 15 29 15 29 15 30 15 30 15 30 15 30 15 30 15 30 15 30 15 32 15 33 15 33 15 33 15 33 15 36 15 42 15 42 15 44 15 48 16 111 17 114 17 114 17 114 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 115 17 116 17 116 17 116 17 116 17 116 17 116 17 116 17 116 17 116 17 116 17 116 17 116 18 121 It is interesting to also examine the fragmentation of memory by looking at the per-region statistics added by this patchset. Statistics for vanilla 3.11-rc7 kernel: ====================================== We can see from the statistics that there is a lot of fragmentation among the MOVABLE migratetype. Node 0, zone Normal pages free 15751188 min 5575 low 6968 high 8362 scanned 0 spanned 16252928 present 16252928 managed 15989951 Per-region page stats present free Region 0 1 1024 Region 1 131072 131072 Region 2 131072 131072 Region 3 131072 131072 Region 4 131072 131072 Region 5 131072 130045 Region 6 131072 131032 Region 7 131072 131023 Region 8 131072 131022 Region 9 131072 131062 Region 10 131072 131055 Region 11 131072 131064 Region 12 131072 131047 Region 13 131072 131051 Region 14 131072 131056 Region 15 131072 131046 Region 16 131072 131051 Region 17 131072 131061 Region 18 131072 131030 Region 19 131072 130168 Region 20 131072 131937 Region 21 131072 131067 Region 22 131072 131028 Region 23 131072 131051 Region 24 131072 131041 Region 25 131072 131047 Region 26 131072 131051 Region 27 131072 131054 Region 28 131072 131049 Region 29 131072 130994 Region 30 131072 131059 Region 31 131072 131060 Region 32 131072 131051 Region 33 131072 131047 Region 34 131072 131050 Region 35 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131072 Region 118 131072 129860 Region 119 131072 125402 Region 120 131072 63109 Region 121 131072 84301 Region 122 131072 17009 Region 123 131072 0 Region 124 131071 0 Page block order: 10 Pages per block: 1024 Free pages count per migrate type at order 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Node 0, zone DMA, type Unmovable 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 Node 0, zone DMA, type Reclaimable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone DMA, type Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Node 0, zone DMA, type Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Node 0, zone DMA, type Isolate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone DMA32, type Unmovable 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 Node 0, zone DMA32, type Reclaimable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone DMA32, type Movable 8 10 12 8 10 8 8 6 5 7 436 Node 0, zone DMA32, type Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Node 0, zone DMA32, type Isolate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, type Unmovable 8982 9711 5941 2108 611 189 9 0 1 1 0 Node 0, zone Normal, type Reclaimable 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, type Movable 2349 4937 5264 3716 2323 1859 1689 1602 1412 1310 13826 Node 0, zone Normal, type Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Node 0, zone Normal, type Isolate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 0 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 1 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 2 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 Node 0, zone Normal, R 3 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 Node 0, zone Normal, R 4 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 Node 0, zone Normal, R 5 Movable 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 124 Node 0, zone Normal, R 6 Movable 18 25 25 24 23 22 23 19 19 14 111 Node 0, zone Normal, R 7 Movable 7 16 18 16 12 13 14 8 7 9 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 8 Movable 12 17 18 17 11 11 13 11 10 11 117 Node 0, zone Normal, R 9 Movable 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 122 Node 0, zone Normal, R 10 Movable 7 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 118 Node 0, zone Normal, R 11 Movable 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 121 Node 0, zone Normal, R 12 Movable 5 7 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 117 Node 0, zone Normal, R 13 Movable 15 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 12 113 Node 0, zone Normal, R 14 Movable 6 9 10 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 15 Movable 10 12 15 15 13 14 12 13 13 13 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 16 Movable 3 4 6 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 122 Node 0, zone Normal, R 17 Movable 1 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 123 Node 0, zone Normal, R 18 Movable 14 22 25 23 22 21 22 22 22 20 107 Node 0, zone Normal, R 19 Movable 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 20 Movable 9 10 11 13 13 13 11 11 12 10 118 Node 0, zone Normal, R 21 Movable 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 125 Node 0, zone Normal, R 22 Movable 6 11 16 11 14 12 13 13 11 12 116 Node 0, zone Normal, R 23 Movable 11 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 14 114 Node 0, zone Normal, R 24 Movable 7 11 13 14 14 14 12 13 13 13 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 25 Movable 7 12 12 13 11 12 12 12 12 12 116 Node 0, zone Normal, R 26 Movable 5 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 10 118 Node 0, zone Normal, R 27 Movable 8 13 13 13 11 10 11 9 8 9 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 28 Movable 11 13 13 12 11 12 12 10 9 8 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 29 Movable 20 27 28 27 26 24 22 22 19 17 109 Node 0, zone Normal, R 30 Movable 5 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 31 Movable 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 122 Node 0, zone Normal, R 32 Movable 1 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 33 Movable 5 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 118 Node 0, zone Normal, R 34 Movable 6 8 9 10 8 7 8 8 8 8 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 35 Movable 14 18 16 17 17 15 16 16 14 13 114 Node 0, zone Normal, R 36 Movable 11 16 19 19 17 18 16 17 15 16 112 Node 0, zone Normal, R 37 Movable 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 15 14 113 Node 0, zone Normal, R 38 Movable 7 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 12 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 39 Movable 11 18 19 19 17 16 17 15 15 11 114 Node 0, zone Normal, R 40 Movable 13 21 18 18 19 15 15 16 13 13 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 41 Movable 4 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 118 Node 0, zone Normal, R 42 Movable 13 15 16 14 11 13 13 13 13 11 116 Node 0, zone Normal, R 43 Movable 13 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 14 16 112 Node 0, zone Normal, R 44 Movable 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 116 Node 0, zone Normal, R 45 Movable 13 19 20 22 21 22 20 21 17 15 111 Node 0, zone Normal, R 46 Movable 10 16 16 19 19 19 19 19 15 15 112 Node 0, zone Normal, R 47 Movable 11 15 15 13 14 14 14 14 13 11 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 48 Movable 8 15 17 17 15 16 14 15 12 14 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 49 Movable 8 9 11 12 12 12 12 10 11 9 118 Node 0, zone Normal, R 50 Movable 9 12 14 14 14 12 13 13 13 13 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 51 Movable 8 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 7 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 52 Movable 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 53 Movable 9 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 116 Node 0, zone Normal, R 54 Movable 11 14 19 19 18 19 15 17 15 10 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 55 Movable 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 17 15 16 112 Node 0, zone Normal, R 56 Movable 3 8 11 12 12 12 12 10 9 10 118 Node 0, zone Normal, R 57 Movable 4 9 9 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 58 Movable 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 59 Movable 7 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 10 118 Node 0, zone Normal, R 60 Movable 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 123 Node 0, zone Normal, R 61 Movable 8 15 16 14 13 14 14 12 13 11 116 Node 0, zone Normal, R 62 Movable 7 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 117 Node 0, zone Normal, R 63 Movable 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 123 Node 0, zone Normal, R 64 Movable 9 12 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 13 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 65 Movable 6 8 11 12 12 12 12 12 10 9 118 Node 0, zone Normal, R 66 Movable 20 22 22 16 19 19 15 17 13 11 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 67 Movable 4 8 10 8 7 8 8 8 8 6 121 Node 0, zone Normal, R 68 Movable 13 20 22 23 23 24 18 19 20 18 109 Node 0, zone Normal, R 69 Movable 4 9 10 11 11 11 11 9 8 9 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 70 Movable 9 14 16 16 16 16 14 15 13 12 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 71 Movable 8 18 22 22 22 22 20 21 17 17 110 Node 0, zone Normal, R 72 Movable 4 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 73 Movable 18 21 21 21 17 17 18 18 18 16 111 Node 0, zone Normal, R 74 Movable 4 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 75 Movable 9 9 12 13 13 13 13 13 9 11 117 Node 0, zone Normal, R 76 Movable 12 16 16 14 13 14 14 14 8 9 118 Node 0, zone Normal, R 77 Movable 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 15 113 Node 0, zone Normal, R 78 Movable 8 10 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 12 116 Node 0, zone Normal, R 79 Movable 8 10 13 13 9 11 9 10 10 6 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 80 Movable 11 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 12 14 114 Node 0, zone Normal, R 81 Movable 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 82 Movable 17 23 24 24 22 23 19 21 21 12 112 Node 0, zone Normal, R 83 Movable 5 7 8 9 9 10 6 8 8 6 121 Node 0, zone Normal, R 84 Movable 17 22 25 25 23 24 24 20 16 19 109 Node 0, zone Normal, R 85 Movable 9 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 10 11 116 Node 0, zone Normal, R 86 Movable 3 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 5 6 122 Node 0, zone Normal, R 87 Movable 10 12 13 13 11 10 11 11 7 9 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 88 Movable 15 20 17 15 15 16 16 14 9 12 116 Node 0, zone Normal, R 89 Movable 15 18 20 21 21 19 20 20 16 18 110 Node 0, zone Normal, R 90 Movable 8 16 15 14 15 15 13 14 12 13 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 91 Movable 6 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 9 7 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 92 Movable 14 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 15 13 114 Node 0, zone Normal, R 93 Movable 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 122 Node 0, zone Normal, R 94 Movable 15 27 25 26 26 26 26 26 20 19 107 Node 0, zone Normal, R 95 Movable 12 15 17 17 15 16 14 13 14 10 116 Node 0, zone Normal, R 96 Movable 10 15 16 16 16 16 16 14 15 15 113 Node 0, zone Normal, R 97 Movable 5 8 9 10 8 9 9 9 9 7 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 98 Movable 8 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 10 10 118 Node 0, zone Normal, R 99 Movable 10 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 11 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R100 Movable 32 42 48 44 44 45 39 40 23 25 99 Node 0, zone Normal, R101 Movable 9 14 16 16 14 15 15 15 15 14 114 Node 0, zone Normal, R102 Movable 18 24 25 23 22 23 21 22 18 18 109 Node 0, zone Normal, R103 Movable 12 16 18 16 15 14 15 15 11 13 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R104 Movable 14 17 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 109 Node 0, zone Normal, R105 Movable 16 24 35 32 32 33 31 30 25 26 101 Node 0, zone Normal, R106 Movable 11 18 20 20 20 20 18 19 19 15 111 Node 0, zone Normal, R107 Movable 11 29 33 33 33 33 33 33 25 25 101 Node 0, zone Normal, R108 Movable 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R109 Movable 3 5 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R110 Movable 12 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 10 13 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R111 Movable 8 13 16 16 16 16 16 14 15 11 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R112 Movable 6 9 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 2 125 Node 0, zone Normal, R113 Movable 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R114 Movable 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R115 Movable 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 123 Node 0, zone Normal, R116 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 Node 0, zone Normal, R117 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 Node 0, zone Normal, R118 Movable 10 33 34 22 18 17 14 14 14 11 114 Node 0, zone Normal, R119 Movable 36 117 163 146 143 138 126 102 85 66 39 Node 0, zone Normal, R120 Movable 366 963 961 572 191 57 35 19 19 5 5 Node 0, zone Normal, R121 Movable 802 2065 2211 1260 425 128 45 14 7 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R122 Movable 123 328 322 160 37 6 1 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R123 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R124 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Number of blocks type Unmovable Reclaimable Movable Reserve Isolate Node 0, zone DMA 1 0 2 1 0 Node 0, zone DMA32 1 0 506 1 0 Node 0, zone Normal 227 38 15605 2 0 Node 0, zone DMA R 0 1 0 2 1 0 Node 0, zone DMA32 R 0 0 0 124 1 0 Node 0, zone DMA32 R 1 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone DMA32 R 2 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone DMA32 R 3 1 0 127 0 0 Node 0, zone DMA32 R 4 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone DMA32 R 5 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone DMA32 R 6 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone DMA32 R 7 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 0 0 0 0 1 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 1 0 0 126 2 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 2 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 3 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 4 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 5 0 1 127 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 6 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 7 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 8 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 9 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 10 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 11 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 12 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 13 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 14 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 15 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 16 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 17 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 18 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 19 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 20 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 21 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 22 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 23 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 24 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 25 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 26 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 27 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 28 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 29 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 30 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 31 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 32 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 33 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 34 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 35 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 36 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 37 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 38 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 39 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 40 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 41 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 42 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 43 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 44 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 45 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 46 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 47 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 48 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 49 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 50 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 51 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 52 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 53 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 54 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 55 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 56 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 57 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 58 0 1 127 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 59 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 60 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 61 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 62 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 63 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 64 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 65 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 66 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 67 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 68 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 69 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 70 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 71 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 72 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 73 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 74 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 75 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 76 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 77 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 78 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 79 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 80 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 81 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 82 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 83 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 84 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 85 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 86 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 87 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 88 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 89 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 90 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 91 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 92 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 93 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 94 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 95 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 96 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 97 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 98 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 99 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R100 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R101 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R102 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R103 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R104 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R105 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R106 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R107 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R108 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R109 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R110 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R111 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R112 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R113 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R114 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R115 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R116 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R117 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R118 0 1 127 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R119 0 4 124 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R120 62 18 48 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R121 63 1 64 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R122 102 12 14 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R123 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R124 0 0 128 0 0 Statistics with this patchset applied: ===================================== Comparing these statistics with that of vanilla kernel, we see that the fragmentation is significantly lesser, as seen in the MOVABLE migratetype. Node 0, zone Normal pages free 15731928 min 5575 low 6968 high 8362 scanned 0 spanned 16252928 present 16252928 managed 15989885 Per-region page stats present free Region 0 1 1024 Region 1 131072 11137 Region 2 131072 83876 Region 3 131072 72134 Region 4 131072 116194 Region 5 131072 116393 Region 6 131072 130746 Region 7 131072 131040 Region 8 131072 131072 Region 9 131072 131072 Region 10 131072 131072 Region 11 131072 131035 Region 12 131072 131072 Region 13 131072 130112 Region 14 131072 131976 Region 15 131072 131061 Region 16 131072 131038 Region 17 131072 131045 Region 18 131072 131039 Region 19 131072 131029 Region 20 131072 131072 Region 21 131072 131051 Region 22 131072 131066 Region 23 131072 131070 Region 24 131072 131069 Region 25 131072 131032 Region 26 131072 131040 Region 27 131072 131072 Region 28 131072 131069 Region 29 131072 131056 Region 30 131072 131045 Region 31 131072 131070 Region 32 131072 131055 Region 33 131072 131053 Region 34 131072 131042 Region 35 131072 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118 131072 131072 Region 119 131072 131072 Region 120 131072 131072 Region 121 131072 131072 Region 122 131072 128263 Region 123 131072 0 Region 124 131071 53 Page block order: 10 Pages per block: 1024 Free pages count per migrate type at order 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Node 0, zone DMA, type Unmovable 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 Node 0, zone DMA, type Reclaimable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone DMA, type Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Node 0, zone DMA, type Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Node 0, zone DMA, type Isolate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone DMA32, type Unmovable 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone DMA32, type Reclaimable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone DMA32, type Movable 9 10 12 8 10 8 8 6 5 7 309 Node 0, zone DMA32, type Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Node 0, zone DMA32, type Isolate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, type Unmovable 10879 9467 6585 2559 1859 630 81 7 1 2 108 Node 0, zone Normal, type Reclaimable 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 81 Node 0, zone Normal, type Movable 690 3282 4967 2628 1209 810 677 554 468 375 8006 Node 0, zone Normal, type Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Node 0, zone Normal, type Isolate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 0 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 1 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 2 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 3 Movable 50 2600 4277 1986 588 193 90 42 18 1 1 Node 0, zone Normal, R 4 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 5 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 6 Movable 52 65 71 57 60 57 51 45 39 29 91 Node 0, zone Normal, R 7 Movable 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R 8 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 9 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 10 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 11 Movable 5 7 8 5 6 7 7 3 3 4 124 Node 0, zone Normal, R 12 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 13 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 14 Movable 24 26 29 29 26 28 27 28 24 18 107 Node 0, zone Normal, R 15 Movable 9 10 10 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 121 Node 0, zone Normal, R 16 Movable 8 13 15 16 14 13 14 14 14 10 116 Node 0, zone Normal, R 17 Movable 11 17 14 14 15 15 15 13 12 13 115 Node 0, zone Normal, R 18 Movable 9 7 8 5 4 6 6 4 3 4 124 Node 0, zone Normal, R 19 Movable 9 8 9 9 11 11 9 10 8 7 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 20 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 21 Movable 13 9 11 10 11 9 10 10 10 8 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 22 Movable 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 122 Node 0, zone Normal, R 23 Movable 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R 24 Movable 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 125 Node 0, zone Normal, R 25 Movable 10 11 14 12 12 13 11 12 8 6 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 26 Movable 12 10 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 113 Node 0, zone Normal, R 27 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 28 Movable 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 29 Movable 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R 30 Movable 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 31 Movable 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R 32 Movable 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R 33 Movable 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 124 Node 0, zone Normal, R 34 Movable 2 2 1 3 2 3 1 2 2 2 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R 35 Movable 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 124 Node 0, zone Normal, R 36 Movable 3 32 32 35 35 35 35 33 32 23 100 Node 0, zone Normal, R 37 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 38 Movable 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 39 Movable 4 3 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 1 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R 40 Movable 0 4 7 8 8 8 8 8 4 6 122 Node 0, zone Normal, R 41 Movable 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R 42 Movable 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 43 Movable 3 13 12 11 12 12 12 12 10 7 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 44 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 45 Movable 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 125 Node 0, zone Normal, R 46 Movable 8 13 15 16 16 16 16 16 14 15 113 Node 0, zone Normal, R 47 Movable 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R 48 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 49 Movable 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R 50 Movable 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 122 Node 0, zone Normal, R 51 Movable 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 52 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 53 Movable 4 3 4 7 5 6 6 6 4 5 123 Node 0, zone Normal, R 54 Movable 3 3 4 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 125 Node 0, zone Normal, R 55 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 56 Movable 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 124 Node 0, zone Normal, R 57 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 58 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 59 Movable 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 60 Movable 1 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 120 Node 0, zone Normal, R 61 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 62 Movable 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 63 Movable 2 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 114 Node 0, zone Normal, R 64 Movable 5 12 12 10 11 11 11 9 10 8 119 Node 0, zone Normal, R 65 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 66 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 67 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 68 Movable 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 69 Movable 3 3 4 5 2 4 4 4 4 2 125 Node 0, zone Normal, R 70 Movable 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 71 Movable 0 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 122 Node 0, zone Normal, R 72 Movable 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 73 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 74 Movable 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 126 Node 0, zone Normal, R 75 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 76 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 77 Movable 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 124 Node 0, zone Normal, R 78 Movable 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 79 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 80 Movable 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 81 Movable 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 112 Node 0, zone Normal, R 82 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 83 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 84 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 85 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 86 Movable 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 87 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 88 Movable 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 89 Movable 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 90 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 91 Movable 2 6 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 123 Node 0, zone Normal, R 92 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 93 Movable 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 94 Movable 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R 95 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 96 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 97 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 98 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R 99 Movable 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 123 Node 0, zone Normal, R100 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R101 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R102 Movable 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R103 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R104 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R105 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R106 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R107 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R108 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R109 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R110 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R111 Movable 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 127 Node 0, zone Normal, R112 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R113 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 Node 0, zone Normal, R114 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R115 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R116 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R117 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R118 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R119 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R120 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R121 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R122 Movable 351 298 271 239 212 203 182 127 94 60 31 Node 0, zone Normal, R123 Movable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal, R124 Movable 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Number of blocks type Unmovable Reclaimable Movable Reserve Isolate Node 0, zone DMA 1 0 2 1 0 Node 0, zone DMA32 128 0 379 1 0 Node 0, zone Normal 384 128 15359 1 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 0 0 0 0 1 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 1 127 0 0 1 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 2 1 127 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 3 0 1 127 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 4 127 0 1 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 5 128 0 0 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 6 1 0 127 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 7 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 8 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 9 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 10 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 11 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 12 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 13 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 14 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 15 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 16 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 17 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 18 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 19 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 20 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 21 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 22 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 23 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 24 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 25 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 26 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 27 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 28 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 29 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 30 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 31 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 32 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 33 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 34 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 35 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 36 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 37 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 38 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 39 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 40 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 41 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 42 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 43 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 44 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 45 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 46 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 47 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 48 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 49 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 50 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 51 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 52 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 53 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 54 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 55 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 56 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 57 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 58 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 59 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 60 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 61 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 62 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 63 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 64 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 65 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 66 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 67 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 68 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 69 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 70 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 71 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 72 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 73 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 74 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 75 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 76 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 77 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 78 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 79 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 80 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 81 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 82 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 83 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 84 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 85 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 86 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 87 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 88 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 89 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 90 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 91 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 92 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 93 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 94 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 95 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 96 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 97 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 98 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R 99 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R100 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R101 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R102 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R103 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R104 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R105 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R106 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R107 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R108 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R109 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R110 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R111 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R112 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R113 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R114 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R115 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R116 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R117 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R118 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R119 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R120 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R121 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R122 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R123 0 0 128 0 0 Node 0, zone Normal R124 0 0 128 0 0 Performance impact: ------------------ Kernbench was run with and without the patchset. It shows an overhead of around 7.8% with the patchset applied. Vanilla kernel: Average Optimal load -j 32 Run (std deviation): Elapsed Time 706.760000 User Time 4536.670000 System Time 1526.610000 Percent CPU 857.000000 Context Switches 2229643.000000 Sleeps 2211767.000000 With patchset: Average Optimal load -j 32 Run (std deviation): Elapsed Time 761.010000 User Time 4605.450000 System Time 1535.870000 Percent CPU 806.000000 Context Switches 2247690.000000 Sleeps 2213503.000000 This version (v3) of the patchset focussed more on improving the consolidation ratio and less on the performance impact. There is plenty of room for performance optimization, and I'll work on that in future versions. Regards, Srivatsa S. Bhat -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>