Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: page allocator: Adjust the per-cpu counterthreshold when memory is low

[Kyle McMartin]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 02:35:21PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > Andrew, this patch was a performance fix but is a report saying that it
> > > fixes a functional regression in Fedora enough to push a patch torwards
> > > stable even though an explanation as to *why* it fixes the problem is missing?
> > We had to pull aa454840 "mm: page allocator: calculate a better estimate 
> > of NR_FREE_PAGES when memory is low and kswapd is awake" from 2.6.36 
> > internally because tests showed that it would cause the machine to stall 
> > as the result of heavy kswapd activity.  I merged it back with this fix as 
> > it is pending in the -mm tree and it solves the issue we were seeing, so I 
> > definitely think this should be pushed to -stable (and I would seriously 
> > consider it for 2.6.37 inclusion even at this late date).
> 
> How's about I send
> mm-page-allocator-adjust-the-per-cpu-counter-threshold-when-memory-is-low.patch
> in for 2.6.38 and tag it for backporting into 2.6.37.1 and 2.6.36.x? 
> That way it'll get a bit of 2.6.38-rc testing before being merged into
> 2.6.37.x.
> 

That sounds fine to me. (Thanks very much for the update, David!) I
don't mind carrying a few extra patches here and there in Fedora to get
them some exposure if they're low risk... I've been carrying Mel's
patches for a month or so now and it hasn't turned up any obvious
problems in testing.

regards, Kyle
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