linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] add documentation on proc.txt

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Date:	Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:42:40 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] add documentation on proc.txt

Hello Dave,

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 07:33:53AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 04/22/2013 06:53 PM, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > echo 'file' > /proc/PID/reclaim
> > echo 'anon' > /proc/PID/reclaim
> > echo 'both' > /proc/PID/reclaim
> > 
> > For range reclaim,
> > 
> > echo $((1<<20)) 8192 > /proc/PID/reclaim.
> > 
> > IOW, we don't need any type for range reclaim because only thing
> > user takes care is address range which has mapped page regardless
> > of that it's anon or file.
> > 
> > Does it make sense to you?
> 
> That looks very nice!  Although, I'd probably use 'all' instead of
> 'both'.  It leaves you more wiggle room to add more types in the future,
> like volatile pages.

Fair enough.
Thanks for the review.
I just sent a new. 

-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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