linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm, vmscan: Do not special-case slab reclaim when watermarks are boosted

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Message-ID: <20190809095919.GN2739@techsingularity.net>
Date:   Fri, 9 Aug 2019 10:59:19 +0100
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm, vmscan: Do not special-case slab reclaim when
 watermarks are boosted

On Fri, Aug 09, 2019 at 10:46:19AM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 8/8/19 8:29 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > Removing the special casing can still indirectly help fragmentation by
> 
> I think you mean e.g. 'against fragmentation'?
> 

Yes.

> > Fixes: 1c30844d2dfe ("mm: reclaim small amounts of memory when an external fragmentation event occurs")
> > Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
> > Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v5.0+
> 
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

Thanks!

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs