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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:52:33 -0400
From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
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To: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
CC: Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>,
        Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>,
        Zlatko Calusic <zcalusic@bitsync.net>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>, dormando <dormando@rydia.net>,
        Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@hds.com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] mm: vmscan: Check if kswapd should writepage once
 per priority
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On 03/17/2013 09:04 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Currently kswapd checks if it should start writepage as it shrinks
> each zone without taking into consideration if the zone is balanced or
> not. This is not wrong as such but it does not make much sense either.
> This patch checks once per priority if kswapd should be writing pages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>

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

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