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Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] mm/page_alloc: don't reserve ZONE_HIGHMEM for ZONE_MOVABLE request

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  Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] mm/page_alloc: don't reserve ZONE_HIGHMEM for  ZONE_MOVABLE request Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-09-21 11:10 +0200

#1487924 — Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] mm/page_alloc: don't reserve ZONE_HIGHMEM for ZONE_MOVABLE request

On 08/29/2016 07:07 AM, js1304@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
>
> Freepage on ZONE_HIGHMEM doesn't work for kernel memory so it's not that
> important to reserve. When ZONE_MOVABLE is used, this problem would
> theorectically cause to decrease usable memory for GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE
> allocation request which is mainly used for page cache and anon page
> allocation. So, fix it.
>
> And, defining sysctl_lowmem_reserve_ratio array by MAX_NR_ZONES - 1 size
> makes code complex. For example, if there is highmem system, following
> reserve ratio is activated for *NORMAL ZONE* which would be easyily
> misleading people.
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
>  32
>  #endif
>
> This patch also fix this situation by defining sysctl_lowmem_reserve_ratio
> array by MAX_NR_ZONES and place "#ifdef" to right place.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>

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