Re: [PATCH 3/6] mm: kswapd: Continue reclaiming forreclaim/compaction if the minimum number of pages have not been reclaimed

From: Mel Gorman
Date: Wed Aug 08 2012 - 05:58:02 EST


On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 10:07:57AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > <SNIP>
>
> It was intentional at the time but asking me about it made me reconsider,
> thanks. In too many cases, this is a no-op and any apparent increase of
> kswapd activity is likely a co-incidence. This is untested but is what I
> intended.
>
> ---8<---
> mm: kswapd: Continue reclaiming for reclaim/compaction if the minimum number of pages have not been reclaimed
>

And considering this further again, it would partially regress fe2c2a10
and be too aggressive. I'm dropping this patch completely for now and will
revisit it in the future.

Thanks Minchan.

--
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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