Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:02:08 +0100 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH V5] Allow compaction of unevictable pages |
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On Fri 13-03-15 13:26:37, Eric B Munson wrote: [...] > +compact_unevictable > + > +Available only when CONFIG_COMPACTION is set. When set to 1, compaction is > +allowed to examine the unevictable lru (mlocked pages) for pages to compact. > +This should be used on systems where stalls for minor page faults are an > +acceptable trade for large contiguous free memory. Set to 0 to prevent > +compaction from moving pages that are unevictable.
It is not clear which behavior is default from this text. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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