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
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