linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/12] Add /proc trigger for memory compaction

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Message-ID: <28c262361002181826i56149952xb08bf9fe39c58f65@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:26:48 +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 09/12] Add /proc trigger for memory compaction

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:02 AM, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie> wrote:
> This patch adds a proc file /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory. When an arbitrary
> value is written to the file, all zones are compacted. The expected user
> of such a trigger is a job scheduler that prepares the system before the
> target application runs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>



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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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