linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vmscan: prevent background aging of anon page in no swap system

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Message-ID: <AANLkTi=NsY9T19rXuBWmeZ3Z2ayA=tHZ1+e=cEXuKVAt@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:10:17 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vmscan: prevent background aging of anon page in no swap system

Hi, KOSAKI.

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:56 AM, KOSAKI Motohiro
<kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
>> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
>> index 1b145e6..0b8a3ce 100644
>> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
>> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
>> @@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
>>          * Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
>>          * rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio.
>>          */
>> -       if (inactive_anon_is_low(zone, sc) && nr_swap_pages > 0)
>> +       if (nr_swap_pges > 0 && inactive_anon_is_low(zone, sc))
>
> Sorry, I don't find any difference. What is your intention?
>

My intention is that smart gcc can compile out inactive_anon_is_low
call in case of non swap configurable system.

-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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