On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 10:30 -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Thu, 17 May 2007, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > 2. It seems to be based on global ordering of allocations which is > > > not possible given large systems and the relativistic constraints > > > of physics. Ordering of events get more expensive the bigger the > > > system is. > > > > > > How does this system work if you can just order events within > > > a processor? Or within a node? Within a zone? > > > > /me fails again.. > > > > Its about ensuring ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS memory only reaches PF_MEMALLOC > > processes, not joe random's pi calculator. > > Watermarks are per zone?
Yes, but the page allocator might address multiple zones in order to obtain a page. - 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/
