Re: [PATCH v12 0/7] make balloon pages movable by compaction

2012-11-11 Thread Rafael Aquini
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 05:01:13PM -0200, Rafael Aquini wrote: > Change log: > v12: > * Address last suggestions on sorting the barriers usage out (Mel > Gorman); > * Fix reported build breakages for CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION=n (Andrew > Morton); > * Enhance commentary on the locking

[PATCH v12 0/7] make balloon pages movable by compaction

2012-11-11 Thread Rafael Aquini
Memory fragmentation introduced by ballooning might reduce significantly the number of 2MB contiguous memory blocks that can be used within a guest, thus imposing performance penalties associated with the reduced number of transparent huge pages that could be used by the guest workload. This

[PATCH v12 0/7] make balloon pages movable by compaction

2012-11-11 Thread Rafael Aquini
Memory fragmentation introduced by ballooning might reduce significantly the number of 2MB contiguous memory blocks that can be used within a guest, thus imposing performance penalties associated with the reduced number of transparent huge pages that could be used by the guest workload. This

Re: [PATCH v12 0/7] make balloon pages movable by compaction

2012-11-11 Thread Rafael Aquini
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 05:01:13PM -0200, Rafael Aquini wrote: Change log: v12: * Address last suggestions on sorting the barriers usage out (Mel Gorman); * Fix reported build breakages for CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION=n (Andrew Morton); * Enhance commentary on the locking scheme