linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for mmotm 0/5] introduce swap-backed-file-mapped count and fix vmscan-change-the-number-of-the-unmapped-files-in-zone-reclaim.patch

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Date:	Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:38:37 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH for mmotm 0/5] introduce swap-backed-file-mapped count
	and fix
	vmscan-change-the-number-of-the-unmapped-files-in-zone-reclaim.patch

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 07:25:09PM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> Recently, Wu Fengguang pointed out vmscan-change-the-number-of-the-unmapped-files-in-zone-reclaim.patch
> has underflow problem.
> 

Can you drop this aspect of the patchset please? I'm doing a final test
on the scan-avoidance heuristic that incorporates this patch and the
underflow fix. Ram (the tester of the malloc()-stall) confirms the patch
fixes his problem.

> This patch series introduce new vmstat of swap-backed-file-mapped and fix above
> patch by it.
> 

-- 
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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