| commit | 5adc5be7cd1bcef6bb64f5255d2a33f20a3cf5be | |
| author | Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> | |
| Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:25:54 +0000 (16 01:25 -0700) | ||
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | |
| Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:43:00 +0000 (16 09:43 -0700) | ||
| tree | 39ed023e8c36cde0c0f9cba50f945e77d3ca26fa | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | 9ef9acb05a741ec10a5e9122717736de12adced9 | commitdiff |
Bias the placement of kernel pages at lower PFNs
This patch chooses blocks with lower PFNs when placing kernel allocations.
This is particularly important during fallback in low memory situations to
stop unmovable pages being placed throughout the entire address space.
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This patch chooses blocks with lower PFNs when placing kernel allocations.
This is particularly important during fallback in low memory situations to
stop unmovable pages being placed throughout the entire address space.
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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