linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 2/6] mm: make shrink_page_list with pages work from multiple zones

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Date:	Thu,  9 May 2013 08:38:58 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/6] mm: make shrink_page_list with pages work from multiple zones

Shrink_page_list expects all pages come from a same zone
but it's too limited to use.

This patch removes the dependency so next patch can use
shrink_page_list with pages from multiple zones.

Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 6b7cba3..a1fb526 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -706,7 +706,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 			goto keep;
 
 		VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
-		VM_BUG_ON(page_zone(page) != zone);
+		if (zone)
+			VM_BUG_ON(page_zone(page) != zone);
 
 		sc->nr_scanned++;
 
@@ -952,7 +953,7 @@ keep:
 	 * back off and wait for congestion to clear because further reclaim
 	 * will encounter the same problem
 	 */
-	if (nr_dirty && nr_dirty == nr_congested && global_reclaim(sc))
+	if (nr_dirty && nr_dirty == nr_congested && global_reclaim(sc) && zone)
 		zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
 
 	free_hot_cold_page_list(&free_pages, 1);
-- 
1.8.2.1

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