+static int calculate_threshold(struct zone *zone)
+{
+ int threshold;
+ int mem; /* memory in 128 MB units */
+
+ /*
+ * The threshold scales with the number of processors and the amount
+ * of memory per zone. More memory means that we can defer updates for
+ * longer, more processors could lead to more contention.
+ * fls() is used to have a cheap way of logarithmic scaling.
+ *
+ * Some sample thresholds:
+ *
+ * Threshold Processors (fls) Zonesize fls(mem+1)
+ * ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * 8 1 1 0.9-1 GB 4
+ * 16 2 2 0.9-1 GB 4
+ * 20 2 2 1-2 GB 5
+ * 24 2 2 2-4 GB 6
+ * 28 2 2 4-8 GB 7
+ * 32 2 2 8-16 GB 8
+ * 4 2 2 <128M 1
+ * 30 4 3 2-4 GB 5
+ * 48 4 3 8-16 GB 8
+ * 32 8 4 1-2 GB 4
+ * 32 8 4 0.9-1GB 4
+ * 10 16 5 <128M 1
+ * 40 16 5 900M 4
+ * 70 64 7 2-4 GB 5
+ * 84 64 7 4-8 GB 6
+ * 108 512 9 4-8 GB 6
+ * 125 1024 10 8-16 GB 8
+ * 125 1024 10 16-32 GB 9
+ */
+
+ mem = zone->present_pages >> (27 - PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+ threshold = 2 * fls(num_online_cpus()) * (1 + fls(mem));
+
+ /*
+ * Maximum threshold is 125
+ */
+ threshold = min(125, threshold);
+
+ return threshold;
+}