Re: [PATCH 3/7 v2] mm: rework __isolate_lru_page() file/anonfilter

From: Hugh Dickins
Date: Wed Mar 14 2012 - 21:48:26 EST


On Sat, 10 Mar 2012, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> >
> > No, for non-lumpy isolation we don't need this check at all,
> > because all pages already picked from right lru list.
> >
> > I'll send separate patch for this (on top v5 patchset), after meditation =)
>
> Heh, looks like we don't need these checks at all:
> without RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM we isolate only pages from right lru,
> with RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM we isolate pages from all evictable lru.
> Thus we should check only PageUnevictable() on lumpy reclaim.

Yes, those were great simplfying insights: I'm puzzling over why you
didn't follow through on them in your otherwise nice 4.5/7, which
still involves lru bits in the isolate mode?

Hugh
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