linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH mmotm] vmscan move pgdeactivate modification to shrink_active

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Message-Id: <20090902102048.1A98.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Wed,  2 Sep 2009 10:30:26 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH mmotm] vmscan move pgdeactivate modification to shrink_active_list fix2

> A second fix to the ill-starred
> vmscan-move-pgdeactivate-modification-to-shrink_active_list.patch
> which, once corrected to update the right counters by the first fix,
> builds up absurdly large Active counts in /proc/meminfo.
> 
> nr_rotated is not the number of pages added back to the active list
> (maybe it once was, maybe it should be again: but if so that's not
> any business for a code rearrangement patch).  shrink_active_list()
> needs to keep a separate nr_reactivated count of those.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
> ---
> Or... revert the offending patch and its first fix.

Yes, The original patch author should be layoff :(

Andrew, can you please drop the patch?
I need to clean my brain and the patch need proper additional test.

I plan to resubmit it at next -rc2 or -rc3.


I'm sorry.


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