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Message-ID: <20140226182703.GA32515@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:27:03 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	vinayakm.list@...il.com
Cc:	arve@...roid.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: android: lowmemorykiller: neglect swap cached
 pages in other_file

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:40:33PM +0530, vinayakm.list@...il.com wrote:
> From: Vinayak Menon <vinayakm.list@...il.com>
> 
> With ZRAM enabled it is observed that lowmemory killer
> doesn't trigger properly. swap cached pages are
> accounted in NR_FILE, and lowmemorykiller considers
> this as reclaimable and adds to other_file. But these
> pages can't be reclaimed unless lowmemorykiller triggers.
> So subtract swap pages from other_file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vinayak Menon <vinayakm.list@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

You sent 2 patches, both different, which should I apply?

How about I delete both and wait for a proper "v3" that specifies
exactly what is going on here...
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