linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm: shrink_inactive_lis() nr

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Message-ID: <28c262360907152110k23e1aebk9fbf7853c29991e@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:10:23 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm: shrink_inactive_lis() nr_scan accounting fix fix

Good.
I decided making patch like this since I knew this problem.
You are too diligent :)

Thanks for good attitude.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 9:53 AM, KOSAKI
Motohiro<kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] mm: shrink_inactive_lis() nr_scan accounting fix fix
>
> If sc->isolate_pages() return 0, we don't need to call shrink_page_list().
> In past days, shrink_inactive_list() handled it properly.
>
> But commit fb8d14e1 (three years ago commit!) breaked it. current shrink_inactive_list()
> always call shrink_page_list() although isolate_pages() return 0.
>
> This patch restore proper return value check.
>
>
> Requirements:
>  o "nr_taken == 0" condition should stay before calling shrink_page_list().
>  o "nr_taken == 0" condition should stay after nr_scan related statistics
>     modification.
>
>
> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>

-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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