linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm 07/12] second chance replacement for anonymous pages

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Message-ID: <20080601200412.GA29444@balbir.in.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2008 01:34:12 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@...com>,
	Kosaki Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 07/12] second chance replacement for anonymous pages

* Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com> [2008-05-29 16:22:53]:

> From: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
> 
> +	if (lru == LRU_ACTIVE_ANON &&
> +	    (!scan_global_lru(sc) || inactive_anon_low(zone))) {
>  		shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file);
>  		return 0;
>  	}

This should do the trick. I was playing around with v8 and came up
with the exact same fix, after having spent some time reviewing and
playing around with the code.

Let me bundle up all of V9 and test it.

-- 
	Warm Regards,
	Balbir Singh
	Linux Technology Center
	IBM, ISTL
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