linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mm/slab: re-implement pfmemalloc support

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Message-ID: <20160222115242.GB27753@techsingularity.net>
Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:52:42 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:	js1304@...il.com
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm/slab: re-implement pfmemalloc support

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 04:34:47PM +0900, js1304@...il.com wrote:
> From: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
> 
> Current implementation of pfmemalloc handling in SLAB has some problems.
> 

Tested-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>

The test completed successfully if a lot slower. However, the time to
completion is not reliable anyway and subject to a number of factors so
it's not of concern.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs