Re: [PATCH 7/9] Revert "mm: have order > 0 compaction start offwhere it left"

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Tue Sep 25 2012 - 03:34:34 EST


On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:46:21AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> This reverts commit 7db8889a (mm: have order > 0 compaction start off
> where it left) and commit de74f1cc (mm: have order > 0 compaction start
> near a pageblock with free pages). These patches were a good idea and
> tests confirmed that they massively reduced the amount of scanning but
> the implementation is complex and tricky to understand. A later patch
> will cache what pageblocks should be skipped and reimplements the
> concept of compact_cached_free_pfn on top for both migration and
> free scanners.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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