linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2 V3] MM: Discard NR_UNSTABLE_NFS, use NR

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Date:   Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:56:18 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:     Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...merspace.com>,
        "Anna.Schumaker@...app.com" <Anna.Schumaker@...app.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 V3] MM: Discard NR_UNSTABLE_NFS, use NR_WRITEBACK
 instead.

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 10:31:27AM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
>  	return global_node_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
> -		global_node_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
>  		get_nr_dirty_inodes();

Nit: this could a single line now:

  	return global_node_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) + get_nr_dirty_inodes();

> +		/* This page is really still in write-back - just that the
> +		 * writeback is happening on the server now.
> +		 */

This needs to switch to the canonical kernel comment style.

> +	if (off == NR_VMSTAT_ITEMS - 1) {
> +		/* We've come to the end - add any deprecated counters
> +		 * to avoid breaking userspace which might depend on
> +		 * them being present.
> +		 */

Same here.

Otherwise looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>