| Date | Tue, 6 Apr 2010 17:05:59 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 10/14] Add /sys trigger for per-node memory compaction |
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On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 17:02:44 +0100 Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> wrote:
> This patch adds a per-node sysfs file called compact. When the file is > written to, each zone in that node is compacted. The intention that this > would be used by something like a job scheduler in a batch system before > a job starts so that the job can allocate the maximum number of > hugepages without significant start-up cost.
Would it make more sense if this was a per-memcg thing rather than a per-node thing?
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