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From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
To: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, mingo@elte.hu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au, lhms-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] Light Fragmentation Avoidance V20: 003_fragcore
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:35:17 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <437A9AE5.8070001@jp.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051115165002.21980.14423.sendpatchset@skynet.csn.ul.ie>

Hi,

> +/* Remove an element from the buddy allocator from the fallback list */
> +static struct page *__rmqueue_fallback(struct zone *zone, int order,
> +							int alloctype)

Should we avoid this fallback as much as possible ?
I think this is a weak point of this approach.


> +		/*
> +		 * If breaking a large block of pages, place the buddies
> +		 * on the preferred allocation list
> +		 */
> +		if (unlikely(current_order >= MAX_ORDER / 2)) {
> +			alloctype = !alloctype;
> +			change_pageblock_type(zone, page);
> +			area = &zone->free_area_lists[alloctype][current_order];
> +		}
Changing RCLM_NORCLM to RLCM_EASY is okay ??
If so, I think adding similar code to free_pages_bulk() is better.

-- Kame

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  reply	other threads:[~2005-11-16  2:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-15 16:49 [PATCH 0/5] Light Fragmentation Avoidance V20 Mel Gorman
2005-11-15 16:49 ` [PATCH 1/5] Light Fragmentation Avoidance V20: 001_antidefrag_flags Mel Gorman
2005-11-15 23:00   ` Paul Jackson
2005-11-15 23:04     ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-11-16  1:36     ` Mel Gorman
2005-11-20 14:45       ` [Lhms-devel] " Paul Jackson
2005-11-15 16:49 ` [PATCH 2/5] Light Fragmentation Avoidance V20: 002_usemap Mel Gorman
2005-11-15 23:36   ` Andi Kleen
2005-11-16  1:43     ` Mel Gorman
2005-11-16  1:52       ` Andi Kleen
2005-11-16  2:07         ` Mel Gorman
2005-11-22 10:13           ` Andy Whitcroft
2005-11-22 10:19             ` Mel Gorman
2005-11-22 10:22             ` Andi Kleen
2005-11-22 10:35               ` Mel Gorman
2005-11-22 10:48                 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2005-11-22 19:40                   ` Mel Gorman
2005-11-22 10:54                 ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2005-11-22 11:10                   ` Mel Gorman
2005-11-22 11:35             ` Mel Gorman
2005-11-15 16:50 ` [PATCH 3/5] Light Fragmentation Avoidance V20: 003_fragcore Mel Gorman
2005-11-16  2:35   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki [this message]
2005-11-16 10:42     ` Mel Gorman
2005-11-15 16:50 ` [PATCH 4/5] Light Fragmentation Avoidance V20: 004_percpu Mel Gorman
2005-11-15 23:24   ` Paul Jackson
2005-11-16  1:37     ` Mel Gorman
2005-11-15 16:50 ` [PATCH 5/5] Light Fragmentation Avoidance V20: 005_configurable Mel Gorman
2005-11-15 23:39   ` Andi Kleen
2005-11-16  1:47     ` Mel Gorman
2005-11-15 22:54 ` [PATCH 0/5] Light Fragmentation Avoidance V20 Paul Jackson
2005-11-16  1:34   ` Mel Gorman

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