linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vmscan: initialize sc->nr

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Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:06:37 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	minchan.kim@...il.com, hannes@...xchg.org,
	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, riel@...hat.com,
	wli@...ementarian.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vmscan: initialize sc->nr_reclaimed properly take2

On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:58:04 +0900 (JST)
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -1665,6 +1665,7 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct z
>  								gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  {
>  	struct scan_control sc = {
> +		.nr_reclaimed = 0,
>  		.gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
>  		.may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
>  		.swap_cluster_max = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
> @@ -1686,6 +1687,7 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pag
>  					   unsigned int swappiness)
>  {
>  	struct scan_control sc = {
> +		.nr_reclaimed = 0,
>  		.may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
>  		.may_swap = 1,
>  		.swap_cluster_max = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
> @@ -2245,6 +2247,7 @@ static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *z
>  	struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
>  	int priority;
>  	struct scan_control sc = {
> +		.nr_reclaimed = 0,
>  		.may_writepage = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE),
>  		.may_swap = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP),
>  		.swap_cluster_max = max_t(unsigned long, nr_pages,

Confused.  The compiler already initialises any unmentioned fields to zero,
so this patch has no effect.

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