Re: [PATCH 4/6] mm: kswapd: Reset kswapd_max_order andclasszone_idx after reading

[Minchan Kim]

On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 11:18:18AM +0000, Mel Gorman wrote:
> When kswapd wakes up, it reads its order and classzone from pgdat and
> calls balance_pgdat. While its awake, it potentially reclaimes at a high
> order and a low classzone index. This might have been a once-off that
> was not required by subsequent callers. However, because the pgdat
> values were not reset, they remain artifically high while
> balance_pgdat() is running and potentially kswapd enters a second
> unnecessary reclaim cycle. Reset the pgdat order and classzone index
> after reading.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>

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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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