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SubjectRe: [00/41] Large Blocksize Support V7 (adds memmap support)
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On Sep 23, 2007, at 02:22:12, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> mel@skynet.ie (Mel Gorman) writes:
>> On (16/09/07 23:58), Goswin von Brederlow didst pronounce:
>>> But when you already have say 10% of the ram in mixed groups then
>>> it is a sign the external fragmentation happens and some time
>>> should be spend on moving movable objects.
>>
>> I'll play around with it on the side and see what sort of results
>> I get. I won't be pushing anything any time soon in relation to
>> this though. For now, I don't intend to fiddle more with grouping
>> pages by mobility for something that may or may not be of benefit
>> to a feature that hasn't been widely tested with what exists today.
>
> I watched the videos you posted. A nice and quite clear improvement
> with and without your logic. Cudos.
>
> When you play around with it may I suggest a change to the display
> of the memory information. I think it would be valuable to use a
> Hilbert Curve to arange the pages into pixels. Like this:
>
> # # 0 3
> # #
> ### 1 2
>
> ### ### 0 1 E F
> # #
> ### ### 3 2 D C
> # #
> # ### # 4 7 8 B
> # # # #
> ### ### 5 6 9 A

Here's an excellent example of an 0-255 numbered hilbert curve used
to enumerate the various top-level allocations of IPv4 space:
http://xkcd.com/195/

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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