linux-kernel - [PATCH] consider swap space when we decide compaction goes or not

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Message-Id: <1324363653-18220-1-git-send-email-minchan@kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:47:33 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <jweiner@...hat.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] consider swap space when we decide compaction goes or not

It's pointless to go reclaiming when we have no swap space
and lots of anon pages in inactive list.

Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <jweiner@...hat.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
---
 mm/vmscan.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 23256e8..cd5400c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2015,8 +2015,9 @@ static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct zone *zone,
 	 * inactive lists are large enough, continue reclaiming
 	 */
 	pages_for_compaction = (2UL << sc->order);
-	inactive_lru_pages = zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON) +
-				zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
+	inactive_lru_pages = zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
+	if (nr_swap_pages > 0)
+		inactive_lru_pages += zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON);
 	if (sc->nr_reclaimed < pages_for_compaction &&
 			inactive_lru_pages > pages_for_compaction)
 		return true;
-- 
1.7.6.4

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