linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] Refactor zone

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Message-ID: <20101201052218.GK2746@balbir.in.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 1 Dec 2010 10:52:18 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Refactor zone_reclaim

* Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> [2010-12-01 10:16:34]:

> * KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com> [2010-12-01 10:23:29]:
> 
> > On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:45:55 +0530
> > Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Refactor zone_reclaim, move reusable functionality outside
> > > of zone_reclaim. Make zone_reclaim_unmapped_pages modular
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > 
> > Why is this min_mapped_pages based on zone (IOW, per-zone) ?
> >
> 
> Kamezawa-San, this has been the design before the refactoring (it is
> based on zone_reclaim_mode and reclaim based on top of that).  I am
> reusing bits of existing technology. The advantage of it being
> per-zone is that it integrates well with kswapd. 
>

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	Three Cheers,
	Balbir
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