linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/page_alloc: change sysctl_lower_zone_reserve_ratio to sysctl_lowmem_reserve

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1508251633240.10653@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:33:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Yaowei Bai <bywxiaobai@....com>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mgorman@...e.de, vbabka@...e.cz,
	mhocko@...nel.org, js1304@...il.com, hannes@...xchg.org,
	alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com, sasha.levin@...cle.com,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/page_alloc: change sysctl_lower_zone_reserve_ratio
 to sysctl_lowmem_reserve_ratio

On Tue, 25 Aug 2015, Yaowei Bai wrote:

> We use sysctl_lowmem_reserve_ratio rather than sysctl_lower_zone_reserve_ratio to
> determine how aggressive the kernel is in defending lowmem from the possibility of
> being captured into pinned user memory. To avoid misleading, correct it in some
> comments.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai <bywxiaobai@....com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
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