linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: add replace_page_cache

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Date:	Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:51:44 +0100
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	miklos@...redi.hu, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: add replace_page_cache_page() function

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> No. memory cgroup expects all pages should be found on LRU. But, IIUC,
> pages on this radix-tree will not be on LRU. So, memory cgroup can't find
> it at destroying cgroup and can't reduce "usage" of resource to be 0.
> This makes rmdir() returns -EBUSY.

Oh, right.  Yes, the page will be on the LRU (it needs to be,
otherwise the VM coulnd't reclaim it).  After the
add_to_page_cache_locked is this:

	if (!(buf->flags & PIPE_BUF_FLAG_LRU))
		lru_cache_add_file(newpage);

It will add the page to the LRU, unless it's already on it.

Thanks,
Miklos
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