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Message-Id: <20080227141227.424F.KOSAKI.MOTOHIRO@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:13:22 +0900
From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To: balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] page reclaim throttle take2
Hi balbir-san,
> >> CONFIG_SIMULTANEOUS_PAGE_RECLAIMERS
> >> int
> >> default 3
> >> depends on DEBUG
> >> help
> >> This value determines the number of threads which can do page reclaim
> >> in a zone simultaneously. If this is too big, performance under heavy memory
> >> pressure will decrease.
> >> If unsure, use default.
> >> ==
> >>
> >> Then, you can get performance reports from people interested in this
> >> feature in test cycle.
> >
> > hm, intersting.
> > but sysctl parameter is more better, i think.
> >
> > OK, I'll add it at next post.
>
> I think sysctl should be interesting. The config option provides good
> documentation, but it is static in nature (requires reboot to change). I wish we
> could have the best of both worlds.
OK, I obey your opinion.
- kosaki
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