Re: [PATCH 08/34] mm, vmscan: remove balance gap

From: Johannes Weiner
Date: Tue Jul 12 2016 - 10:07:01 EST


On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 10:34:44AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> The balance gap was introduced to apply equal pressure to all zones when
> reclaiming for a higher zone. With node-based LRU, the need for the
> balance gap is removed and the code is dead so remove it.
>
> [vbabka@xxxxxxx: Also remove KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO]
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>