From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail144.messagelabs.com (mail144.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.51]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E98066B004A for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:43:12 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Use memory compaction instead of lumpy reclaim during high-order allocations Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Theodore Tso In-Reply-To: <20101119104856.GB28613@csn.ul.ie> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:43:02 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <4B8266CB-F658-4CC8-BCA3-677C22BAFAE0@mit.edu> References: <1290010969-26721-1-git-send-email-mel@csn.ul.ie> <20101117154641.51fd7ce5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20101118081254.GB8135@csn.ul.ie> <20101118172627.cf25b83a.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> <20101118083828.GA24635@cmpxchg.org> <20101118092044.GE8135@csn.ul.ie> <20101118114928.ecb2d6b0.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20101119104856.GB28613@csn.ul.ie> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: Mel Gorman Cc: Andrew Morton , Johannes Weiner , KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki , Andrea Arcangeli , KOSAKI Motohiro , Rik van Riel , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Nov 19, 2010, at 5:48 AM, Mel Gorman wrote: > At least as long as !CONFIG_COMPACTION exists. That will be a while because > bear in mind CONFIG_COMPACTION is disabled by default (although I believe > some distros are enabling it at least). Maybe we should choose to deprecate > it in 2.6.40 and delete it at the infamous time of 2.6.42? That would give > ample time to iron out any issues that crop up with reclaim/compaction > (what this series has turned into). How about making the default before 2.6.40, as an initial step? -Ted -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org