Re: [PATCH] mlx4_en: don't wait for high order page allocation

2015-06-12 Thread Shaohua Li
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:05:42AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote: > On 06/12/2015 09:50 AM, Shaohua Li wrote: > >High order page allocation can cause direct memory compaction and harm > >performance. The patch makes the high order page allocation don't wait, > >so not trigger direct memory compactio

Re: [PATCH] mlx4_en: don't wait for high order page allocation

2015-06-12 Thread Alexander Duyck
On 06/12/2015 09:50 AM, Shaohua Li wrote: High order page allocation can cause direct memory compaction and harm performance. The patch makes the high order page allocation don't wait, so not trigger direct memory compaction with memory pressure. More details can be found in a similar patch for n

[PATCH] mlx4_en: don't wait for high order page allocation

2015-06-12 Thread Shaohua Li
High order page allocation can cause direct memory compaction and harm performance. The patch makes the high order page allocation don't wait, so not trigger direct memory compaction with memory pressure. More details can be found in a similar patch for net core: http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=1434