Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934038AbXHFTS3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:18:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756387AbXHFTSQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:18:16 -0400 Received: from netops-testserver-3-out.sgi.com ([192.48.171.28]:53100 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755467AbXHFTSO (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:18:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:18:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Christoph Lameter X-X-Sender: clameter@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com To: Andrew Morton cc: Andi Kleen , Mel Gorman , Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com, kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Apply memory policies to top two highest zones when highest zone is ZONE_MOVABLE In-Reply-To: <20070806121558.e1977ba5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Message-ID: References: <20070802172118.GD23133@skynet.ie> <200708040002.18167.ak@suse.de> <20070806121558.e1977ba5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 731 Lines: 17 On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > If correct, I would suggest merging the horrible hack for .23 then taking > it out when we merge "grouping pages by mobility". But what if we don't do > that merge? Take the horrible hack for .23. For .24 either merge the mobility or get the other solution that Mel is working on. That solution would only use a single zonelist per node and filter on the fly. That may help performance and also help to make memory policies work better. - 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/