Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755489AbXJKGeU (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:34:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757419AbXJKGeE (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:34:04 -0400 Received: from E23SMTP04.au.ibm.com ([202.81.18.173]:32852 "EHLO e23smtp04.au.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755253AbXJKGeC (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:34:02 -0400 Message-ID: <470DC3A4.1000703@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:03:08 +0530 From: Balbir Singh Reply-To: balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com Organization: IBM User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (X11/20070824) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rik van Riel CC: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux Memory Management List Subject: Re: Memory controller merge (was Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.24) References: <20071001142222.fcaa8d57.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4701C737.8070906@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20071010170702.34fb3eee@cuia.boston.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20071010170702.34fb3eee@cuia.boston.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1253 Lines: 39 Rik van Riel wrote: > On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:51:11 +0530 > Balbir Singh wrote: > >> I was hopeful of getting the bare minimal infrastructure for memory >> control in mainline, so that review is easy and additional changes >> can be well reviewed as well. > > I am not yet convinced that the way the memory controller code and > lumpy reclaim have been merged is correct. I am combing through the > code now and will send in a patch when I figure out if/what is wrong. > Hi, Rik, Do you mean the way the memory controller and lumpy reclaim work together? The reclaim in memory controller (on hitting the limit) is not lumpy. Would you like to see that change? Please do share your findings in the form of comments or patches. > I ran into this because I'm trying to merge the split VM code up to > the latest -mm... > Interesting, I'll see if I can find some spare test cycles to help test this code. -- Warm Regards, Balbir Singh Linux Technology Center IBM, ISTL - 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/