linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vmscan: prevent background aging of anon page in no swap system

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Date:	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:09:21 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vmscan: prevent background aging of anon page in no swap system

> How about this?
> 
> (Not formal patch. If we agree, I will post it later when I have a SMTP).
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 3109ff7..c3c44a8 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long
> nr_pages, struct zone *zone,
>         __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + file, -nr_taken);
>         spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
>  }
> -
> +#if CONFIG_SWAP
>  static int inactive_anon_is_low_global(struct zone *zone)
>  {
>         unsigned long active, inactive;
> @@ -1605,12 +1605,21 @@ static int inactive_anon_is_low(struct zone
> *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
>  {
>         int low;
> 
> +       if (nr_swap_pages)
> +               return 0;

!nr_swap_pages ?



> +
>         if (scanning_global_lru(sc))
>                 low = inactive_anon_is_low_global(zone);
>         else
>                 low = mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(sc->mem_cgroup);
>         return low;
>  }
> +#else
> +static inline int inactive_anon_is_low(struct zone *zone, struct
> scan_control *sc)
> +{
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +#endif

Yup. I prefer this explicit #ifdef :)



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