linux-kernel - Re: [patch] mm, thp: add new background defrag option

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Message-ID: <20170110130146.GF28025@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:01:46 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [patch] mm, thp: add new background defrag option

On Mon 09-01-17 18:19:56, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jan 2017, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> 
> > > Any suggestions for a better name for "background" are more than welcome.  
> > 
> > Why not just "madvise+defer"?
> > 
> 
> Seeing no other activity regarding this issue (omg!), I'll wait a day or 
> so to see if there are any objections to "madvise+defer" or suggestions 
> that may be better and repost.

madvise+defer is much better than background. So if the combined (flag
like approach) is too risky then I am OK with that.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs