* defrag memory
@ 2005-05-26 19:14 Jared Hulbert
2005-05-26 20:59 ` Dave Hansen
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From: Jared Hulbert @ 2005-05-26 19:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mm
Is there a kernel mechanism to force a defrag of memory?
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* Re: defrag memory
2005-05-26 19:14 defrag memory Jared Hulbert
@ 2005-05-26 20:59 ` Dave Hansen
2005-06-03 20:19 ` Jared Hulbert
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From: Dave Hansen @ 2005-05-26 20:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jared Hulbert; +Cc: linux-mm
On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 12:14 -0700, Jared Hulbert wrote:
> Is there a kernel mechanism to force a defrag of memory?
No.
There are a few efforts (external patches) to decrease fragmentation to
allow for more ease in removing memory, or allocating larger physically
contiguous areas, but nothing in mainline or -mm.
Is there a particular reason you're interested?
-- Dave
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* Re: defrag memory
2005-05-26 20:59 ` Dave Hansen
@ 2005-06-03 20:19 ` Jared Hulbert
2005-06-03 20:40 ` Dave Hansen
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From: Jared Hulbert @ 2005-06-03 20:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Hansen; +Cc: linux-mm
> There are a few efforts (external patches) to decrease fragmentation to
> allow for more ease in removing memory, or allocating larger physically
> contiguous areas, but nothing in mainline or -mm.
Can you list me some key words to google for?
> Is there a particular reason you're interested?
power. I'd like to switch off sdram banks that aren't used.
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* Re: defrag memory
2005-06-03 20:19 ` Jared Hulbert
@ 2005-06-03 20:40 ` Dave Hansen
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From: Dave Hansen @ 2005-06-03 20:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jared Hulbert; +Cc: linux-mm
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 13:19 -0700, Jared Hulbert wrote:
> > There are a few efforts (external patches) to decrease fragmentation to
> > allow for more ease in removing memory, or allocating larger physically
> > contiguous areas, but nothing in mainline or -mm.
>
> Can you list me some key words to google for?
Try: memory migration linux
-- Dave
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