linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] mm: vmscan: Do not apply pressure to slab if we are not applying pressure to zone

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Message-ID: <20110624135937.GR9396@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:59:37 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	P?draig Brady <P@...igBrady.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] mm: vmscan: Do not apply pressure to slab if we are
 not applying pressure to zone

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 02:43:16PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> During allocator-intensive workloads, kswapd will be woken frequently
> causing free memory to oscillate between the high and min watermark.
> This is expected behaviour.
> 

Bah, I accidentally exported a branch with a build error in this
patch. Will resend shortly.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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