linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm tree with the kvm tree

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Message-Id: <20130618101624.00ad644cbfb29bd1ebe358ca@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:16:24 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>,
	Glauber Costa <glommer@...nvz.org>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm tree with the kvm tree

Hi Xiao,

On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:23:48 +0800 Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> On 06/17/2013 04:07 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> 
> > - 		prepare_zap_oldest_mmu_page(kvm, &invalid_list);
> > + 		freed += prepare_zap_oldest_mmu_page(kvm, &invalid_list);
> 
> It seems this change is not needed? and "freed" is not defined in mmu_shrink().
> Right?

That same patch in the akpm tree renames "mmu_shrink" to
"mmu_shrink_scan" and declares "freed" ...

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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