linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Filter unevictable page out in deactivate

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Message-ID: <4DC0162A.8020505@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 03 May 2011 10:50:18 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Filter unevictable page out in deactivate_page

On 05/03/2011 10:48 AM, Minchan Kim wrote:
> It's pointless that deactive_page's pagevec operation about
> unevictable page as it's nop.
> This patch removes unnecessary overhead which might be a bit problem
> in case that there are many unevictable page in system(ex, mprotect workload)
>
> Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro<kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim<minchan.kim@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel<riel@...hat.com>

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