On Sun, 2009-02-08 at 18:14 +0700, Mulyadi Santosa wrote: > Hi... > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Himanshu Chauhan <chauhan.jpr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, 2009-02-08 at 17:47 +0700, Mulyadi Santosa wrote: > >> Hi.. > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Himanshu Chauhan <chauhan.jpr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > Am I correct when I say that try_to_free_pages is called in direct > >> > reclaim, and balance_pgdat is invoked, directly or indirectly, by > >> > kswapd? > >> > >> let me make your question clear first. Do you ask this in the kswapd's > >> poin of view? If yes, then I think your conclusion is right. > >> > >> regards, > >> > >> Mulyadi. > > > > Is direct reclaim the path taken by kwapd? I don't think so. > > Sorry, I mistakenly understood your question. Direct reclaim does call > try_to_free_pages, but kswapd doesn't call it. I was 100% sure it does > direct reclaim, but my mistake was by saying kswapd does direct > reclaim. > > > > This document nicely and quickly sumarize it for us: > http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~412/history/2005S/CART/The%20Story%20of%20a%20Page.pdf > > NB: I also almost think there's another entry point that is something > like cache_refill and/or cache_reclaim, but suddenly I recall that's > not the main entry point. > > regards, > > Mulyadi. Hey, Thanks for that nice link man! - Himanshu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
