Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933660Ab3CVOhf (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:37:35 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:56077 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933410Ab3CVOhb (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:37:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:37:27 +0000 From: Mel Gorman To: Linux-MM Cc: Jiri Slaby , Valdis Kletnieks , Rik van Riel , Damien Wyart , Zlatko Calusic , Johannes Weiner , dormando , Satoru Moriya , Michal Hocko , LKML Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd Message-ID: <20130322143727.GA578@suse.de> References: <1363525456-10448-1-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1363525456-10448-1-git-send-email-mgorman@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1105 Lines: 25 On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 01:04:06PM +0000, Mel Gorman wrote: > Kswapd and page reclaim behaviour has been screwy in one way or the other > for a long time. Very broadly speaking it worked in the far past because > machines were limited in memory so it did not have that many pages to scan > and it stalled congestion_wait() frequently to prevent it going completely > nuts. In recent times it has behaved very unsatisfactorily with some of > the problems compounded by the removal of stall logic and the introduction > of transparent hugepage support with high-order reclaims. > With the current set of feedback the series as it currently stands for me is located here git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mel/linux.git mm-vmscan-limit-reclaim-v2r7 I haven't tested this version myself yet but others might be interested. -- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/