From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:03:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Christoph Lameter Subject: Re: [PATCH] Apply memory policies to top two highest zones when highest zone is ZONE_MOVABLE In-Reply-To: <20070808164944.GA974@skynet.ie> Message-ID: References: <20070802172118.GD23133@skynet.ie> <200708040002.18167.ak@suse.de> <20070806121558.e1977ba5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <200708062231.49247.ak@suse.de> <20070806215541.GC6142@skynet.ie> <20070806221252.aa1e9048.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070807165546.GA7603@skynet.ie> <20070807111430.f35c03c0.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070808164944.GA974@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: Andrew Morton , Andi Kleen , Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com, kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 8 Aug 2007, Mel Gorman wrote: > Despite a fairly specific case, I'd still like to get the problem fixed > for 2.6.23. I've posted up an alternative fix under the subject "Use one > zonelist per node instead of multiple zonelists v2". It's a more invasive > fix although arguably it's better overall than the hack because it's not > dealing with a specific special case and has a sensible path forward that > makes policies a saner ultimately. However, unlike the hack it affects all > callers of the page allocator so lets see what the reaction from reviewers > is before forgetting about the hack altogether. Well its more a precursor to things to come than a hack. If the tests go well for the single zonelist scheme then we may end up doing what the patch did for the mpol_bind zonelists for all allocations. -- 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