From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
To: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/12] Export fragmentation index via /proc/pagetypeinfo
Cc: kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com, Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
       Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>,
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       linux-mm@kvack.org
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> > Dumb question. I haven't understand why this calculation represent
> > fragmentation index. Do this have theorical background? if yes, can you
> > please tell me the pointer?
> > 
> 
> Yes, there is a theoritical background. It's mostly described in
> 
> http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1375634.1375641
> 
> I have a more updated version but it's not published unfortunately.

ok, thanks. I stop to rush dumb question and read it first. I'll resume rest reviewing
few days after.

thanks.


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