one more thing... On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:49:55 -0800 (PST) Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> @@ -1168,6 +1170,11 @@ zonelist_scan: > !cpuset_zone_allowed_softwall(zone, gfp_mask)) > goto try_next_zone; > > + if ((gfp_mask & __GFP_PAGECACHE) && > + zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_PAGES) > > + zone->max_pagecache_pages) > + goto try_next_zone; > + I don't prefer to cause zone fallback by this. This may use ZONE_DMA before exhausing ZONE_NORMAL (ia64), ZONE_NORMAL before ZONE_HIGHMEM (x86). Very rapid page allocation can eats some amount of lower zone. Regards, -Kame - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/