Re: [PATCH 9/9] mm: compaction: Restart compaction from near where it left off

2012-09-21 Thread Rafael Aquini
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:46:23AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote: > This is almost entirely based on Rik's previous patches and discussions > with him about how this might be implemented. > > Order > 0 compaction stops when enough free pages of the correct page > order have been coalesced. When doing s

[PATCH 9/9] mm: compaction: Restart compaction from near where it left off

2012-09-21 Thread Mel Gorman
This is almost entirely based on Rik's previous patches and discussions with him about how this might be implemented. Order > 0 compaction stops when enough free pages of the correct page order have been coalesced. When doing subsequent higher order allocations, it is possible for compaction to b