linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] Prevent activation of page in madvise

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Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:08:03 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@...il.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] Prevent activation of page in madvise_dontneed

> Now zap_pte_range alwayas activates pages which are pte_young &&
> !VM_SequentialReadHint(vma). But in case of calling MADV_DONTNEED,
> it's unnecessary since the page wouldn't use any more.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>

Looks good to me.
	Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>



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