linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 4/4] mm: Remove lru parameter from __pagevec_lru

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Message-ID: <5193C9DA.8030504@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 15 May 2013 13:46:02 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
CC:	Alexey Lyahkov <alexey.lyashkov@...il.com>,
	Andrew Perepechko <anserper@...ru>,
	Robin Dong <sanbai@...bao.com>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@...tmail.fm>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	Linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] mm: Remove lru parameter from __pagevec_lru_add and
 remove parts of pagevec API

On 05/13/2013 06:21 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Now that the LRU to add a page to is decided at LRU-add time, remove the
> misleading lru parameter from __pagevec_lru_add. A consequence of this is
> that the pagevec_lru_add_file, pagevec_lru_add_anon and similar helpers
> are misleading as the caller no longer has direct control over what LRU
> the page is added to. Unused helpers are removed by this patch and existing
> users of pagevec_lru_add_file() are converted to use lru_cache_add_file()
> directly and use the per-cpu pagevecs instead of creating their own pagevec.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>


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