Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:44:52 +0000 | From | Mel Gorman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mm: vmscan: fix setting reclaim mode |
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On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 03:05:03PM +0800, Hillf Danton wrote: > The check for under memory pressure is corrected, then lumpy reclaim or > reclaim/compaction could be avoided either when for order-O reclaim or > when free pages are already low enough. >
No explanation of problem, how this patch fixes it or what the impact is.
At a glance, this will have the impact of using sync reclaim at low reclaim priorities. This is unexpected so needs much better explanation.
-- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs
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