Thread (17 messages) 17 messages, 3 authors, 2004-08-06

Re: [PATCH] 1/4: rework alloc_pages

From: Andrew Morton <hidden>
Date: 2004-08-06 05:19:58

Nick Piggin [off-list ref] wrote:
Previously the ->protection[] logic was broken. It was difficult to follow
 and basically didn't use the asynch reclaim watermarks properly.
eh?

Broken how?

What is an "asynch reclaim watermark"?
 This one uses ->protection only for lower-zone protection, and gives the
 allocator flexibility to add the watermarks as desired.
eh?
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