linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 9/9] make kvm mmu shrinker more aggressive

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:32:39 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 9/9] make kvm mmu shrinker more aggressive

On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 11:11 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > That changes a few things.  I bet all the contention we were seeing was
> > just from nr_to_scan=0 calls and not from actual shrink operations.
> > Perhaps we should just stop this set after patch 4.
> >    
> 
> At the very least, we should re-measure things. 

Sure.  I'll go back to the folks that found this in the first place and
see how these patches affect the contention we were seeing.

-- Dave

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