linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd followup V3

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Date:	Thu, 30 May 2013 11:10:44 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Zlatko Calusic <zcalusic@...sync.net>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	dormando <dormando@...ia.net>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Kamezawa Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Linux-FSDevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Reduce system disruption due to kswapd followup V3

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:17:29AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> tldr; Overall the system is getting less kicked in the face. Scan rates
> 	between zones is often more balanced than it used to be. There are
> 	now fewer writes from reclaim context and a reduction in IO wait
> 	times.
> 
> This series replaces all of the previous follow-up series. It was clear
> that more of the stall logic needed to be in the same place so it is
> comprehensible and easier to predict.
> 

There was some unfortunate crossover in timing as I see mmotm has pulled
in the previous follow up series. It would probably be easiest to replace
these patches

mm-vmscan-stall-page-reclaim-and-writeback-pages-based-on-dirty-writepage-pages-encountered.patch
mm-vmscan-stall-page-reclaim-after-a-list-of-pages-have-been-processed.patch
mm-vmscan-take-page-buffers-dirty-and-locked-state-into-account.patch
mm-vmscan-stall-page-reclaim-and-writeback-pages-based-on-dirty-writepage-pages-encountered.patch

with patches 2-8 of this series. The fixup patch
mm-vmscan-block-kswapd-if-it-is-encountering-pages-under-writeback-fix-2.patch
is still the same

Sorry for the inconvenience.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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