Re: [PATCH 1/3] Arch specific zone reclaim framework

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Mon Dec 05 2005 - 14:24:40 EST


On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> Nack. Arch control over VM reclaim logic will load to a total mess with VM
> logic all over arch. Please introduce a framework that allows individual
> machines control parameters, but procedural callouts are a big no-no.

The different penalties for off node accesses on various architectures may
dictate different techniques in order to get best performance . The
parameter control was tried before and it was not nice. IMHO this is the
cleanest possible solution.



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