Re: [PATCH 1/4] vmscan: simplify shrink_inactive_list()

[Dave Chinner]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 06:54:16PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > It's a buying-time venture, I'll agree but as both approaches are only
> > about reducing stack stack they wouldn't be long-term solutions by your
> > criteria. What do you suggest?
> 
> (from easy to more complicated):
> 
> - Disable direct reclaim with 4K stacks

Just to re-iterate: we're blowing the stack with direct reclaim on
x86_64  w/ 8k stacks.  The old i386/4k stack problem is a red
herring.

Cheers,

Dave.
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