linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] split file and anonymous page queues #3

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Message-ID: <46018364.1050501@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:11:32 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] split file and anonymous page queues #3

Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 06:08:10PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
>> -		"Active:       %8lu kB\n"
>> -		"Inactive:     %8lu kB\n"
> ...
>> +		"Active(anon):   %8lu kB\n"
>> +		"Inactive(anon): %8lu kB\n"
>> +		"Active(file):   %8lu kB\n"
>> +		"Inactive(file): %8lu kB\n"
> 
> Potentially incompatible change. How about preserving the original
> fields (by totalling), then adding the other fields in a second patch.

Fixed in the attached patch.

>>  			if (!pagevec_add(&lru_pvec, page))
>> -				__pagevec_lru_add(&lru_pvec);
>> +				__pagevec_lru_add_file(&lru_pvec);
> 
> Wouldn't lru_file_add or file_lru_add be a better name? If the object
> is a "file lru" then sticking "add" in the middle is a little ugly.

Not sure about this one.  Does anybody else have an opinion here?

>>  	spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
>>  	if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page)) {
>> -		del_page_from_inactive_list(zone, page);
>> +	if (page_anon(page)) {
>> +		del_page_from_inactive_anon_list(zone,page);
>>  		SetPageActive(page);
>> -		add_page_to_active_list(zone, page);
>> +		add_page_to_active_anon_list(zone, page);
>> +	} else {
>> +		del_page_from_inactive_file_list(zone, page);
>> +		SetPageActive(page);
>> +		add_page_to_active_file_list(zone, page);
>> +	}
>>  		__count_vm_event(PGACTIVATE);
>>  	}
> 
> Missing a level of indentation.

Fixed.

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