Mel Gorman <[email protected]> writes: > + > + /* > + * We put equal pressure on every zone, unless one zone has way too > + * many pages free already. The "too many pages" is defined as the > + * high wmark plus a "gap" where the gap is either the low > + * watermark or 1% of the zone, whichever is smaller. > + */ > + balance_gap = min(low_wmark_pages(zone), > + (zone->managed_pages + KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO-1) / > + KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO);
Don't like those hard coded tunables. 1% of a 512GB node can be still quite a lot. Shouldn't the low watermark be enough? -Andi -- [email protected] -- Speaking for myself only -- 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/

