linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] vmscan: initialize sc->nr_reclaimed in do_try_to_free

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Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:03:19 +0900
From:	MinChan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	William Lee Irwin III <wli@...ementarian.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] vmscan: initialize sc->nr_reclaimed in do_try_to_free_pages()

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:43 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro
<kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
>> ---
>> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
>> index 9a27c44..18406ee 100644
>> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
>> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
>> @@ -1699,6 +1699,7 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist
>> *zonelist, int order,
>>                 .order = order,
>>                 .mem_cgroup = NULL,
>>                 .isolate_pages = isolate_pages_global,
>> +               .nr_reclaimed = 0,
>>         };
>>
>>         return do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc);
>> @@ -1719,6 +1720,7 @@ unsigned long
>> try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *mem_cont,
>>                 .order = 0,
>>                 .mem_cgroup = mem_cont,
>>                 .isolate_pages = mem_cgroup_isolate_pages,
>> +               .nr_reclaimed = 0;
>>         };
>>         struct zonelist *zonelist;
>
> I think this code is better.
>
> and, I think we also need to
>
>
> static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
> {
>        /* Minimum pages needed in order to stay on node */
>        const unsigned long nr_pages = 1 << order;
>        struct task_struct *p = current;
>        struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
>        int priority;
>        struct scan_control sc = {
>                .may_writepage = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE),
>                .may_swap = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP),
>                .swap_cluster_max = max_t(unsigned long, nr_pages,
>                                        SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX),
>                .gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
>                .swappiness = vm_swappiness,
>                .isolate_pages = isolate_pages_global,
> +               .nr_reclaimed = 0;
>        };
>
>
>
>
>

Hmm.. I missed that.  Thanks.
There is one in shrink_all_memory.


-- 
Kinds regards,
MinChan Kim
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