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From: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01 of 66] disable lumpy when compaction is enabled
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On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 04:27:36PM +0100, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
> 
> Compaction is more reliable than lumpy, and lumpy makes the system unusable
> when it runs.
> 

It took me a while but is "[PATCH 0/8] Use memory compaction instead of
lumpy reclaim during high-order allocations" a suitable replacement for
this patch?

-- 
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab

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