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  1. v1 Latest5 patches 34 repliesIn review

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#Subject and filesSizeRepliesApplied
1/5mm improvementsinclude/linux/init_task.h include/linux/sched.h include/linux/swap.h +3 more+7 -383 replies
2/5mm improvementsinclude/linux/mmzone.h mm/page_alloc.c mm/vmscan.c+119 -514 replies
3/5mm improvementsmm/vmscan.c+10 -44 replies
4/5mm improvementsmm/vmscan.c+66 -712 replies
5/5mm improvementsmm/vmscan.c+21 -173 replies

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Cover letter [PATCH 0/5] mm improvements

Patches against 2.6.2-rc3-mm1.
Please test / review / comment.

1/5: vm-no-rss-limit.patch
Remove broken RSS limiting. Simple problem, Rik is onto it.

2/5: vm-dont-rotate-active-list.patch
Nikita's patch to keep more page ordering info in the active list. Also should improve system time due to less useless scanning Helps swapping loads significantly.

3/5: vm-lru-info.patch
Keep more referenced info in the active list. Should also improve system time in some cases. Helps swapping loads significantly.

4/5: vm-fix-shrink-zone.patch
Most significant part of this patch changes active / inactive balancing. This improves non swapping kbuild by a few %. Helps swapping significantly.

It also contains a number of other small fixes which have little measurable impact on kbuild.

5/5: vm-tune-throttle.patch
Try to allocate a bit harder before giving up / throttling on writeout.
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