Re: [PATCH/RFC 1/5] numa - migration cache - core implementation
KOSAKI Motohiro <[email protected]> Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:48:18 +0900 (JST)
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-numa |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
> > Migration Cache 1/4 - Core Implementation > > > > At the Linux Plumber's conference, Andi Kleen encouraged me again > > to resubmit my automatic page migration patches because he thinks > > they will be useful for virtualization. Later, in the Virtualization > > mini-conf, the subject came up during a presentation about adding > > NUMA awareness to qemu/kvm. After the presentation, I discussed > > these series with Andrea Arcangeli and he also encouraged me to > > post them. My position within HP has changed such that I'm not > > sure how much time I'll have to spend on this area nor whether I'll > > have access to the larger NUMA platforms on which to test the > > patches thoroughly. However, here is the last of 4 series that > > comprise my shared policy enhancements and lazy/auto-migration > > enhancement. > > > > I have rebased the patches against a recent mmotm tree. This > > rebase built cleanly, booted and passed a few ad hoc tests on > > x86_64. I've made a pass over the patch descriptions to update > > them. If there is sufficient interest in merging this, I'll > > do what I can to assist in the completion and testing of the > > series. > > Please make [0/5] and describe why do we need migration cache and > it bring which benefit. > > For swapless machine? If so, can you please describe why compcache > (ram based swap) doesn't fit your case. Sorry, I've found resended one.