linux-kernel - Re: High lock spin time for zone->lru

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Message-Id: <20070112171116.a8f62ecb.akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:11:16 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@...lex86.org>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	"Shai Fultheim (Shai@...lex86.org)" <shai@...lex86.org>,
	pravin b shelar <pravin.shelar@...softinc.com>,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl
Subject: Re: High lock spin time for zone->lru_lock under extreme conditions

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:00:39 -0800
Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@...lex86.org> wrote:

> But is
> lru_lock an issue is another question.

I doubt it, although there might be changes we can make in there to
work around it.

<mentions PAGEVEC_SIZE again>
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