From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:24:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Christoph Lameter Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Memory Compaction v2 In-Reply-To: <20070618092821.7790.52015.sendpatchset@skynet.skynet.ie> Message-ID: References: <20070618092821.7790.52015.sendpatchset@skynet.skynet.ie> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Mel Gorman Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com List-ID: On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Mel Gorman wrote: > The patchset implements memory compaction for the page allocator reducing > external fragmentation so that free memory exists as fewer, but larger > contiguous blocks. Instead of being a full defragmentation solution, > this focuses exclusively on pages that are movable via the page migration > mechanism. We need an additional facility at some point that allows the moving of pages that are not on the LRU. Such support seems to be possible for page table pages and slab pages. -- 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/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org