linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm: fix declarations of nr, delta and nr_pagecache

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Date:	Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:33:30 +0300
From:	Alexandru Moise <00moses.alexander00@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	mgorman@...e.de, vbabka@...e.cz, mhocko@...e.com, 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 2/2] mm: fix declarations of nr, delta and
 nr_pagecache_reclaimable

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:28:57PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:10:04 +0300 Alexandru Moise <00moses.alexander00@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > > > --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> > > > +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> > > > @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static bool sane_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
> > > >  
> > > >  static unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone *zone)
> > > >  {
> > > > -	int nr;
> > > > +	unsigned long nr;
> > > >  
> > > >  	nr = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
> > > >  	     zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
> > > 
> > > OK.
> > > 
> > 
> > Are you sure? Mel Gorman raised the following issue on patch 1/2:
> > 
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/29/253
> 
> __zone_watermark_ok() is very different from zone_reclaimable_pages().

Alright, in time I will gain a better understanding of this.
Thanks again.
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