The sysctl handler for min_free_kbytes calls setup_per_zone_pages_min() on
read or write. This function iterates through every zone and calls
spin_lock_irqsave() on the zone LRU lock. When reading min_free_kbytes,
this is a total waste of time that disables interrupts on the local
processor. It might even be noticable machines with large numbers of zones
if a process started constantly reading min_free_kbytes.
This patch only calls setup_per_zone_pages_min() only on write. Tested on
an x86 laptop and it did the right thing.
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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