| Date | Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:37:27 +0000 | From | Mel Gorman <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd |
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On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 01:04:06PM +0000, Mel Gorman wrote: > Kswapd and page reclaim behaviour has been screwy in one way or the other > for a long time. Very broadly speaking it worked in the far past because > machines were limited in memory so it did not have that many pages to scan > and it stalled congestion_wait() frequently to prevent it going completely > nuts. In recent times it has behaved very unsatisfactorily with some of > the problems compounded by the removal of stall logic and the introduction > of transparent hugepage support with high-order reclaims. >
With the current set of feedback the series as it currently stands for me is located here
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mel/linux.git mm-vmscan-limit-reclaim-v2r7
I haven't tested this version myself yet but others might be interested.
-- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs
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