linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] Allow huge page allocations to use GFP_HIGH

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0701261019210.7848@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:20:12 -0800 (PST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] Allow huge page allocations to use GFP_HIGH_MOVABLE

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Mel Gorman wrote:

> The zone-based approach does nothing to help jumbo frame allocations. It only
> helps hugepage allocations at runtime and potentially memory hot-remove.

Sounds like the max order based approach is better in many ways. Also 
avoids modifications to vmstat.c/.h ;-)

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