linux-kernel - Re: [patch 21/26] Slab defragmentation: support dentry defragmentation

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706261122130.18010@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:23:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	suresh.b.siddha@...el.com
Subject: Re: [patch 21/26] Slab defragmentation: support dentry defragmentation

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > +			 * objects.
> > +			 */
> > +			abort = 1;
> 
> It's unobvious why the entire shrink effort is abandoned if one busy dentry
> is encountered.  Please flesh the comment out explaining this.

If one item is busy then we cannot reclaim the slab. So what would be the 
use of continuing efforts. I thought I put that into the description? I 
can put that into the code too.

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