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Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.11.1406021658050.5784@eggly.anvils>
Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2014 17:01:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
cc:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] mm, memcg: periodically schedule when emptying page
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2014, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2014, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> 
> > Why not just move that cond_resched() down below the if/else?
> > No need to test need_resched() separately, and this page is not busy.
> > 
> 
> Would you like to propose your version from our kernel instead?

If that's how you prefer to work it, sure.  The patch would indeed
look uncannily like what I put in our kernel a week ago; but I think
the description might owe a lot to you!  I'll get to it later, while
secretly hoping you get to it sooner :)

Hugh
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