Re: 2.6.3-mm3

[Mike Fedyk]

Nick Piggin wrote:
> Mike Fedyk wrote:
>
> > So, you think vm-shrink-slab-lowmem.patch shrinks slab too much, or 
> > Andrew's patch (IIRC, those comments were for Andrew's patch...)?
>
> Mine does.

Won't Andrew's patch scan/shrink the slab more if there is more highmem 
than lowmem?

> > Hmm, do you think I'd get more slab shrinking with 2.6.3 + 
> > zone-balancing-fix.patch?
>
>
> Not really because you shouldn't be hitting the direct reclaim
> path. shrink_slab-for-all-zones.patch will help more though.

Sorry, I meant "shrink slab more than 2.6.3 with 2.6.3 + 
zone-balancing-fix.patch".

Since the zones are more balanced, there should be more lowmem scanning 
going on...
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