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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/6] mm: kswapd: Reset kswapd_max_order and classzone_idx after reading
On Thu,  9 Dec 2010 11:18:18 +0000
Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> wrote:

> When kswapd wakes up, it reads its order and classzone from pgdat and
> calls balance_pgdat. While its awake, it potentially reclaimes at a high
> order and a low classzone index. This might have been a once-off that
> was not required by subsequent callers. However, because the pgdat
> values were not reset, they remain artifically high while
> balance_pgdat() is running and potentially kswapd enters a second
> unnecessary reclaim cycle. Reset the pgdat order and classzone index
> after reading.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>



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