Re: [PATCH] vmscan: synchronous lumpy reclaim don't call congestion_wait()

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Sun Aug 01 2010 - 06:51:15 EST


> > If the system 512MB memory, DEF_PRIORITY mean 128kB scan and It takes 4096
> > shrink_page_list() calls to scan 128kB (i.e. 128kB/32=4096) memory.
>
> Err you must forgot the page size.

page size? DEF_PRIORITY is 12.

512MB >> DEF_PRIORITY
= 512MB / 4096
= 128kB

128kB scan mean 4096 times shrink_list(). because one shrink_list() scan
SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX (i.e. 32).

>
> 128kB means 128kB/4kB=32 pages which fit exactly into one
> SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX batch. The shrink_page_list() call times
> has nothing to do DEF_PRIORITY.

Umm.. I haven't catch this mention.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/