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From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
To: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	stable@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, " <rjw@sisk.pl>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@vger.kernel.org>"@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] vmscan: Force kswapd to take notice faster when high-order watermarks are being hit
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:18:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AE7397A.4010907__21908.9468861513$1256669237$gmane$org@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1256650833-15516-4-git-send-email-mel@csn.ul.ie>

On 10/27/2009 09:40 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> When a high-order allocation fails, kswapd is kicked so that it reclaims
> at a higher-order to avoid direct reclaimers stall and to help GFP_ATOMIC
> allocations. Something has changed in recent kernels that affect the timing
> where high-order GFP_ATOMIC allocations are now failing with more frequency,
> particularly under pressure. This patch forces kswapd to notice sooner that
> high-order allocations are occuring.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman<mel@csn.ul.ie>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>

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  reply	other threads:[~2009-10-27 18:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-27 13:40 [PATCH 0/3] Reduce GFP_ATOMIC allocation failures, partial fix V3 Mel Gorman
2009-10-27 13:40 ` [PATCH 1/3] page allocator: Always wake kswapd when restarting an allocation attempt after direct reclaim failed Mel Gorman
2009-10-27 13:40 ` [PATCH 2/3] page allocator: Do not allow interrupts to use ALLOC_HARDER Mel Gorman
     [not found]   ` <1256650833-15516-3-git-send-email-mel-wPRd99KPJ+uzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-27 20:09     ` Andrew Morton
2009-10-27 21:12       ` David Rientjes
2009-10-31 18:40         ` Pavel Machek
2009-10-31 19:51           ` David Rientjes
2009-10-31 20:11             ` Pavel Machek
2009-10-31 21:19               ` David Rientjes
2009-10-31 22:29                 ` Pavel Machek
2009-10-31 22:55                   ` Rik van Riel
2009-11-01  7:35                     ` Pavel Machek
2009-11-01 12:37                       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-11-01 14:44                       ` Rik van Riel
2009-11-01 19:32                         ` Pavel Machek
2009-11-02 16:38                         ` Christoph Lameter
2009-10-31 23:59               ` Rik van Riel
2009-11-02 16:42                 ` Christoph Lameter
2009-11-02 20:53                   ` David Rientjes
2009-11-03 17:10                     ` Christoph Lameter
2009-11-04  1:46                       ` David Rientjes
2009-11-04  9:01                         ` Pavel Machek
2009-11-09 10:11                           ` Mel Gorman
2009-10-28 10:24       ` Mel Gorman
2009-10-27 13:40 ` [PATCH 3/3] vmscan: Force kswapd to take notice faster when high-order watermarks are being hit Mel Gorman
2009-10-27 18:18   ` Rik van Riel [this message]
2009-10-27 20:19   ` Andrew Morton
2009-10-28  3:54     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-10-28 10:29     ` Mel Gorman
2009-10-28 19:47       ` Andrew Morton
2009-11-02 16:05         ` Mel Gorman
2009-11-02 17:32           ` Frans Pop
2009-11-02 17:38             ` Mel Gorman
2009-11-02 20:36               ` Mel Gorman
2009-11-03 22:01               ` Frans Pop
2009-11-03 22:08                 ` Mel Gorman
2009-11-04  0:01                   ` Frans Pop
2009-11-04  1:18                     ` Mel Gorman
2009-11-04  2:05                       ` Frans Pop
2009-11-04  2:08                         ` Frans Pop
2009-11-04 15:48                         ` Mel Gorman
2009-11-04 20:57                           ` Frans Pop
2009-11-05 16:48                             ` [PATCH 3/3] vmscan: Force kswapd to take notice faster when high-order watermarks are being hit (data on latencies available) Mel Gorman
2009-11-12 11:36                               ` Frans Pop
2009-11-04  2:08                       ` [PATCH 3/3] vmscan: Force kswapd to take notice faster when high-order watermarks are being hit Mel Gorman
2009-10-28 13:02 ` [PATCH 0/3] Reduce GFP_ATOMIC allocation failures, partial fix V3 Karol Lewandowski

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