linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/10] vmscan: isolated_lru_pages() stop neighbour search if neighbour cannot be isolated

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Date:	Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:17:59 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/10] vmscan: isolated_lru_pages() stop neighbour
 search if neighbour cannot be isolated

On Mon,  6 Sep 2010 11:47:31 +0100
Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie> wrote:

> From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> isolate_lru_pages() does not just isolate LRU tail pages, but also isolate
> neighbour pages of the eviction page. The neighbour search does not stop even
> if neighbours cannot be isolated which is excessive as the lumpy reclaim will
> no longer result in a successful higher order allocation. This patch stops
> the PFN neighbour pages if an isolation fails and moves on to the next block.
> 
> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>

Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>


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