linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] compaction-related cleanups v4

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Message-ID: <20160718154118.GB10438@techsingularity.net>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:41:18 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] compaction-related cleanups v4

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 01:22:54PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> this is the splitted-off first part of my "make direct compaction more
> deterministic" series [1], rebased on mmotm-2016-07-13-16-09-18. For the whole
> series it's probably too late for 4.8 given some unresolved feedback, but I
> hope this part could go in as it was stable for quite some time.
> 
> At the very least, the first patch really shouldn't wait any longer.
> 

I read through the patches but did not have a substantial or useful
comment to make. The compaction priority stuff is interesting and while
it'll take a little getting used to, I think it's a better way of
viewing compaction in general. For the series

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

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs