linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.14 30/78] Revert "revert "mm: vmscan: do not swap anon pages just because free+file is low""

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Message-Id: <20140609224814.312072801@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Mon,  9 Jun 2014 15:48:10 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.14 30/78] Revert "revert "mm: vmscan: do not swap anon pages just because free+file is low""

3.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

This reverts commit 623762517e2370be3b3f95f4fe08d6c063a49b06.

Ben rightly points out that commit 0bf1457f0cfc, which is what this
original commit was reverting, never ended up in 3.14-stable, but was
only for 3.15.

So revert this patch as we now have the same check twice in a row, which
is pretty pointless.  Although the comments were "prettier"...

Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
Cc: Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 mm/vmscan.c |   18 ------------------
 1 file changed, 18 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1916,24 +1916,6 @@ static void get_scan_count(struct lruvec
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Prevent the reclaimer from falling into the cache trap: as
-	 * cache pages start out inactive, every cache fault will tip
-	 * the scan balance towards the file LRU.  And as the file LRU
-	 * shrinks, so does the window for rotation from references.
-	 * This means we have a runaway feedback loop where a tiny
-	 * thrashing file LRU becomes infinitely more attractive than
-	 * anon pages.  Try to detect this based on file LRU size.
-	 */
-	if (global_reclaim(sc)) {
-		unsigned long free = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
-
-		if (unlikely(file + free <= high_wmark_pages(zone))) {
-			scan_balance = SCAN_ANON;
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/*
 	 * There is enough inactive page cache, do not reclaim
 	 * anything from the anonymous working set right now.
 	 */


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