linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] proc/meminfo: avoid open coded reading of vm_committed

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Date:   Fri, 15 May 2020 09:22:09 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>, andi.kleen@...el.com,
        tim.c.chen@...el.com, dave.hansen@...el.com, ying.huang@...el.com,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] proc/meminfo: avoid open coded reading of
 vm_committed_as

On Fri 08-05-20 15:25:15, Feng Tang wrote:
> Use the existing vm_memory_committed() instead, which is also
> convenient for future change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

> ---
>  fs/proc/meminfo.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/meminfo.c b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> index 8c1f1bb..578c0b8 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>  
>  	si_meminfo(&i);
>  	si_swapinfo(&i);
> -	committed = percpu_counter_read_positive(&vm_committed_as);
> +	committed = vm_memory_committed();
>  
>  	cached = global_node_page_state(NR_FILE_PAGES) -
>  			total_swapcache_pages() - i.bufferram;
> -- 
> 2.7.4

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs