linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CMA: decrease cc.nr_migratepages after reclaiming pagelist

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Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:10:43 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CMA: decrease cc.nr_migratepages after reclaiming
 pagelist

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 03:50:12PM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> The reclaim_clean_pages_from_list reclaims clean pages before
> migration so cc.nr_migratepages should be updated.
> Currently, there is no problem but it can be wrong if we
> try to use the vaule in future.
> 
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
> Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
> Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>

Yeah ok. As you say, it shouldn't actually affect anything currently and
cc.migratepages is expected to go out of date after migration meaning we
need update_nr_listpages. This patch looks ok though.

Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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