Re: [PATCH 4/6] mm: kswapd: Reset kswapd_max_order and classzone_idxafter reading

[Minchan Kim]

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 11:18:18AM +0000, Mel Gorman wrote:
>> When kswapd wakes up, it reads its order and classzone from pgdat and
>> calls balance_pgdat. While its awake, it potentially reclaimes at a high
>> order and a low classzone index. This might have been a once-off that
>> was not required by subsequent callers. However, because the pgdat
>> values were not reset, they remain artifically high while
>> balance_pgdat() is running and potentially kswapd enters a second
>> unnecessary reclaim cycle. Reset the pgdat order and classzone index
>> after reading.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>

Nitpick.
Shouldn't this patch be merged with 1/6?

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> Kind regards,
> Minchan Kim
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