On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Mel Gorman wrote: > > + nr_reclaimed += shrink_zones(priority, zones, &sc, &laundry); > > shrink_slab(sc.nr_scanned, gfp_mask, lru_pages); > > if (reclaim_state) { > > nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab; > > reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0; > > } > > + > > total_scanned += sc.nr_scanned; > > + > > Could this not isolate a load of dirty pages on the laundry list and then > shortly later go to sleep in congestion_wait() ? It would appear that with > writeout deferred that the going to sleep is going to do nothing to help > the situation.
Yep that seems to be the problem that Peter saw. We need to throttle later. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/