Re: [PATCH -mm 07/16] second chance replacement for anonymous pages

From: Daisuke Nishimura
Date: Wed May 28 2008 - 01:37:56 EST


Hi.

> @@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ static inline int zone_is_near_oom(struc
> static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_pages, struct zone *zone,
> struct scan_control *sc, int priority, int file)
> {
> - unsigned long pgmoved;
> + unsigned long pgmoved = 0;
> int pgdeactivate = 0;
> unsigned long pgscanned;
> LIST_HEAD(l_hold); /* The pages which were snipped off */
> @@ -1040,13 +1040,25 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned
> cond_resched();
> page = lru_to_page(&l_hold);
> list_del(&page->lru);
> - if (page_referenced(page, 0, sc->mem_cgroup))
> + if (page_referenced(page, 0, sc->mem_cgroup) && file) {
> + /* Referenced file pages stay active. */
> list_add(&page->lru, &l_active);
> - else
> + } else {
> list_add(&page->lru, &l_inactive);
> + if (!file)
> + /* Anonymous pages always get deactivated. */
> + pgmoved++;
> + }
> }
>
> /*
> + * Count the referenced anon pages as rotated, to balance pageout
> + * scan pressure between file and anonymous pages in get_sacn_ratio.
> + */
> + if (!file)
> + zone->recent_rotated_anon += pgmoved;
> +

Shouldn't 'pgmoved' be cleared to 0 before scanning l_hold?
It's used to store the result of sc->isolate_pages() before
scanning l_hold.


Thanks,
Daisuke Nishimura.

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