mm/page_alloc: Introduce vm.percpu_pagelist_high_fraction
This introduces a new sysctl vm.percpu_pagelist_high_fraction. It is
similar to the old vm.percpu_pagelist_fraction. The old sysctl increased
both pcp->batch and pcp->high with the higher pcp->high potentially
reducing zone->lock contention. However, the higher pcp->batch value also
potentially increased allocation latency while the PCP was refilled.
This sysctl only adjusts pcp->high so that zone->lock contention is
potentially reduced but allocation latency during a PCP refill remains
the same.
# grep -E "high:|batch" /proc/zoneinfo | tail -2
high: 649
batch: 63
# sysctl vm.percpu_pagelist_high_fraction=8
# grep -E "high:|batch" /proc/zoneinfo | tail -2
high: 35071
batch: 63
# sysctl vm.percpu_pagelist_high_fraction=64
high: 4383
batch: 63
# sysctl vm.percpu_pagelist_high_fraction=0
high: 649
batch: 63
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
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