linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: add MM_SWAPENTS and page table when calculate tasksize in lowmem

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Message-ID: <20160216173849.GA10487@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:38:49 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com>
Cc:	arve@...roid.com, riandrews@...roid.com,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: add MM_SWAPENTS and page table when calculate
 tasksize in lowmem_scan()

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 05:37:05PM +0800, Xishi Qiu wrote:
> Currently tasksize in lowmem_scan() only calculate rss, and not include swap.
> But usually smart phones enable zram, so swap space actually use ram.

Yes, but does that matter for this type of calculation?  I need an ack
from the android team before I could ever take such a core change to
this code...

thanks,

greg k-h