Re: [PATCH 0/10] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd V2

From: Mel Gorman
Date: Fri Apr 12 2013 - 15:40:17 EST


On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:55:13PM +0200, Zlatko Calusic wrote:
> On 09.04.2013 13:06, Mel Gorman wrote:
> <SNIP>
>
> - The only slightly negative thing I observed is that with the patch
> applied kswapd burns 10x - 20x more CPU. So instead of about 15
> seconds, it has now spent more than 4 minutes on one particular
> machine with a quite steady load (after about 12 days of uptime).
> Admittedly, that's still nothing too alarming, but...
>

Would you happen to know what circumstances trigger the higher CPU
usage?

> - I like VERY much how you cleaned up the code so it is more
> readable now. I'd like to see it in the Linus tree as soon as
> possible. Very good job there!
>

Thanks.

--
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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