linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/36] autonuma: memory follows CPU algorithm and task/mm

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Date:	Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:46:03 +0200
From:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/36] autonuma: memory follows CPU algorithm and
 task/mm_autonuma stats collection

Hi Andi,

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:37:33AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > 
> > This comment seems quite accurate to me (btw I taken it from
> > sched-numa rewrite with minor changes).
> 
> I had expected it to describe the next function. If it's a strategic
> overview maybe it should be somewhere else.

Well the next function is last_nid_set, and that's where the last_nid
logic is implemented. The comment explains why last_nid statistically
provides a benefit so I thought it was an ok location, but I welcome
suggestions to move it somewhere else.

Thanks,
Andrea
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