linux-kernel - Re: [patch 18/67] zone_reclaim: dynamic slab reclaim

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Date:	Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:31:14 +0200
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>, torvalds@...l.org,
	akpm@...l.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Subject: Re: [patch 18/67] zone_reclaim: dynamic slab reclaim

On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 14:04 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> plain text document attachment
> (zone_reclaim-dynamic-slab-reclaim.patch)
> -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> 
> ------------------
> From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
> 
> http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=0ff38490c836dc379ff7ec45b10a15a662f4e5f6
> 
> 
> Currently one can enable slab reclaim by setting an explicit option in
> /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode.  Slab reclaim is then used as a final
> option if the freeing of unmapped file backed pages is not enough to free
> enough pages to allow a local allocation.


this one adds a feature rather than a bugfix........ 

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