linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/10] mm: remove LRU balancing effect of temporary page isolation

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Date:	Wed, 8 Jun 2016 12:02:55 -0400
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] mm: remove LRU balancing effect of temporary page
 isolation

On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 04:39:44PM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 03:48:31PM -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> > @@ -832,9 +854,9 @@ static void __pagevec_lru_add_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec,
> >   * Add the passed pages to the LRU, then drop the caller's refcount
> >   * on them.  Reinitialises the caller's pagevec.
> >   */
> > -void __pagevec_lru_add(struct pagevec *pvec)
> > +void __pagevec_lru_add(struct pagevec *pvec, bool new)
> >  {
> > -	pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, __pagevec_lru_add_fn, NULL);
> > +	pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, __pagevec_lru_add_fn, (void *)new);
> >  }
> 
> Just trivial:
> 
> 'new' argument would be not clear in this context what does it mean
> so worth to comment it, IMO but no strong opinion.

True, it's a little mysterious. I'll document it.

> Other than that,
> 
> Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>

Thanks!