linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/12] Export fragmentation index via /proc/pagetypeinfo

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Message-ID: <28c262361002181759m35c0fd73k5f252953b4d0932@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:59:45 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Adam Litke <agl@...ibm.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/12] Export fragmentation index via /proc/pagetypeinfo

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:02 AM, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie> wrote:
> Fragmentation index is a value that makes sense when an allocation of a
> given size would fail. The index indicates whether an allocation failure is
> due to a lack of memory (values towards 0) or due to external fragmentation
> (value towards 1).  For the most part, the huge page size will be the size
> of interest but not necessarily so it is exported on a per-order and per-zone
> basis via /proc/pagetypeinfo.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>

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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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