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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] mm: compaction: Abort compaction loop if lo


From: Rik van Riel
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] mm: compaction: Abort compaction loop if lock is contended or run too long
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:53:59 -0400
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On 09/20/2012 10:04 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
From: Shaohua Li <address@hidden>

Changelog since V2
o Fix BUG_ON triggered due to pages left on cc.migratepages
o Make compact_zone_order() require non-NULL arg `contended'

Changelog since V1
o only abort the compaction if lock is contended or run too long
o Rearranged the code by Andrea Arcangeli.

isolate_migratepages_range() might isolate no pages if for example when
zone->lru_lock is contended and running asynchronous compaction. In this
case, we should abort compaction, otherwise, compact_zone will run a
useless loop and make zone->lru_lock is even contended.

address@hidden: Putback pages isolated for migration if aborting]
address@hidden: compact_zone_order requires non-NULL arg contended]
Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <address@hidden>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <address@hidden>




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