[PATCH 25/27] sched: Set preferred NUMA node based on number of private faults

2013-08-08 Thread Mel Gorman
Ideally it would be possible to distinguish between NUMA hinting faults that are private to a task and those that are shared. If treated identically there is a risk that shared pages bounce between nodes depending on the order they are referenced by tasks. Ultimately what is desirable is that task

[PATCH 25/27] sched: Set preferred NUMA node based on number of private faults

2013-08-08 Thread Mel Gorman
Ideally it would be possible to distinguish between NUMA hinting faults that are private to a task and those that are shared. If treated identically there is a risk that shared pages bounce between nodes depending on the order they are referenced by tasks. Ultimately what is desirable is that task