Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:40:13 +1000 | From | Dave Chinner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/4] vmscan: simplify shrink_inactive_list() |
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On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 06:54:16PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > It's a buying-time venture, I'll agree but as both approaches are only > > about reducing stack stack they wouldn't be long-term solutions by your > > criteria. What do you suggest? > > (from easy to more complicated): > > - Disable direct reclaim with 4K stacks
Just to re-iterate: we're blowing the stack with direct reclaim on x86_64 w/ 8k stacks. The old i386/4k stack problem is a red herring.
Cheers,
Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com
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