Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: vmscan: shrink_slab: rename max_pass -> freeable

[Vladimir Davydov]

On 01/22/2014 02:22 AM, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014, Vladimir Davydov wrote:
>
>> The name `max_pass' is misleading, because this variable actually keeps
>> the estimate number of freeable objects, not the maximal number of
>> objects we can scan in this pass, which can be twice that. Rename it to
>> reflect its actual meaning.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxx>
> This doesn't compile on linux-next:
>
> mm/vmscan.c: In function âshrink_slab_nodeâ:
> mm/vmscan.c:300:23: error: âmax_passâ undeclared (first use in this function)
> mm/vmscan.c:300:23: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
>
> because of b01fa2357bca ("mm: vmscan: shrink all slab objects if tight on 
> memory") from an author with a name remarkably similar to yours.

Oh, sorry. I thought it hadn't been committed there yet.

> Could you rebase this series on top of your previous work that is already in -mm?

Sure.

Thanks.
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