From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 17:13:51 +0100 From: Roger Luethi Subject: Re: load control demotion/promotion policy Message-ID: <20031223161351.GB6082@k3.hellgate.ch> References: <20031221235541.GA22896@k3.hellgate.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Rik van Riel Cc: William Lee Irwin III , linux-mm@kvack.org, Andrew Morton List-ID: On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:34:30 -0500, Rik van Riel wrote: > I agree, pageout in 2.6 needs to be finetuned a bit more > to get that extra factor of 2 performance that's hiding > in a dark corner. > > However, I don't think that obviates the need for load > control. You have convinced me, though, that load > control is an emergency thing and shouldn't be meant > for regular use. We are in violent agreement then. > Then again, I've wanted to work on load control for > years and would like to use this opportunity to have > some fun. > > If you'd rather work on tuning the pageout code to make > that faster, I'd be happy to play around a bit with the > load control code ;)) I bet :-). I meant to save the load control stuff as a dessert, for later (i.e. after the regressions are fixed where possible). Bad thinking I reckon. Roger -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: aart@kvack.org