linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: vmscan: remove unused scan

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Date:   Fri, 4 Oct 2019 09:43:32 -0700
From:   Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     mgorman@...hsingularity.net, hannes@...xchg.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: vmscan: remove unused scan_control parameter from
 pageout()



On 10/4/19 1:16 AM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Fri 04-10-19 01:41:38, Yang Shi wrote:
>> Since lumpy reclaim was removed in v3.5 scan_control is not used by
>> may_write_to_{queue|inode} and pageout() anymore, remove the unused
>> parameter.
> I haven't really checked whether it was the lumpy reclaim removal but it
> is clearly not used these days.

It was removed by commit c53919adc045bf803252e912f23028a68525753d ("mm: 
vmscan: remove lumpy reclaim").

>
>> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
>> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
>> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
>
> Thanks!
>
>> ---
>>   mm/vmscan.c | 9 ++++-----
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
>> index e5d52d6..17489b8 100644
>> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
>> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
>> @@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct page *page)
>>   	return page_count(page) - page_has_private(page) == 1 + page_cache_pins;
>>   }
>>   
>> -static int may_write_to_inode(struct inode *inode, struct scan_control *sc)
>> +static int may_write_to_inode(struct inode *inode)
>>   {
>>   	if (current->flags & PF_SWAPWRITE)
>>   		return 1;
>> @@ -822,8 +822,7 @@ static void handle_write_error(struct address_space *mapping,
>>    * pageout is called by shrink_page_list() for each dirty page.
>>    * Calls ->writepage().
>>    */
>> -static pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
>> -			 struct scan_control *sc)
>> +static pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
>>   {
>>   	/*
>>   	 * If the page is dirty, only perform writeback if that write
>> @@ -859,7 +858,7 @@ static pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
>>   	}
>>   	if (mapping->a_ops->writepage == NULL)
>>   		return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
>> -	if (!may_write_to_inode(mapping->host, sc))
>> +	if (!may_write_to_inode(mapping->host))
>>   		return PAGE_KEEP;
>>   
>>   	if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
>> @@ -1396,7 +1395,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>>   			 * starts and then write it out here.
>>   			 */
>>   			try_to_unmap_flush_dirty();
>> -			switch (pageout(page, mapping, sc)) {
>> +			switch (pageout(page, mapping)) {
>>   			case PAGE_KEEP:
>>   				goto keep_locked;
>>   			case PAGE_ACTIVATE:
>> -- 
>> 1.8.3.1