Re: [PATCH mmotm] mm: introduce page_lru_base_type fix

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Wed Aug 26 2009 - 06:17:43 EST


> My usual tmpfs swapping loads on recent mmotms have oddly
> aroused the OOM killer after an hour or two. Bisection led to
> mm-return-boolean-from-page_is_file_cache.patch, but really it's
> the prior mm-introduce-page_lru_base_type.patch that's at fault.
>
> It converted page_lru() to use page_lru_base_type(), but forgot
> to convert del_page_from_lru() - which then decremented the wrong
> stats once page_is_file_cache() was changed to a boolean.
>
> Fix that, move page_lru_base_type() before del_page_from_lru(),
> and mark it "inline" like the other mm_inline.h functions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I'm sorry vmscan related patch bother you.
this is definitely right fix, thak you.
Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> ---
>
> include/linux/mm_inline.h | 34 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> --- mmotm/include/linux/mm_inline.h 2009-08-21 12:12:42.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux/include/linux/mm_inline.h 2009-08-26 00:39:38.000000000 +0100
> @@ -35,42 +35,42 @@ del_page_from_lru_list(struct zone *zone
> mem_cgroup_del_lru_list(page, l);
> }
>
> +/**
> + * page_lru_base_type - which LRU list type should a page be on?
> + * @page: the page to test
> + *
> + * Used for LRU list index arithmetic.
> + *
> + * Returns the base LRU type - file or anon - @page should be on.
> + */
> +static inline enum lru_list page_lru_base_type(struct page *page)
> +{
> + if (page_is_file_cache(page))
> + return LRU_INACTIVE_FILE;
> + return LRU_INACTIVE_ANON;
> +}
> +
> static inline void
> del_page_from_lru(struct zone *zone, struct page *page)
> {
> - enum lru_list l = LRU_BASE;
> + enum lru_list l;
>
> list_del(&page->lru);
> if (PageUnevictable(page)) {
> __ClearPageUnevictable(page);
> l = LRU_UNEVICTABLE;
> } else {
> + l = page_lru_base_type(page);
> if (PageActive(page)) {
> __ClearPageActive(page);
> l += LRU_ACTIVE;
> }
> - l += page_is_file_cache(page);
> }
> __dec_zone_state(zone, NR_LRU_BASE + l);
> mem_cgroup_del_lru_list(page, l);
> }
>
> /**
> - * page_lru_base_type - which LRU list type should a page be on?
> - * @page: the page to test
> - *
> - * Used for LRU list index arithmetic.
> - *
> - * Returns the base LRU type - file or anon - @page should be on.
> - */
> -static enum lru_list page_lru_base_type(struct page *page)
> -{
> - if (page_is_file_cache(page))
> - return LRU_INACTIVE_FILE;
> - return LRU_INACTIVE_ANON;
> -}
> -
> -/**
> * page_lru - which LRU list should a page be on?
> * @page: the page to test
> *



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