Re: [patch 2/2] mm: vmscan: drop nr_force_scan[] from get_scan_count

From: Mel Gorman
Date: Wed Aug 17 2011 - 10:00:11 EST


On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 08:58:58AM +0200, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> From: Johannes Weiner <jweiner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [patch] mm: vmscan: drop nr_force_scan[] from get_scan_count
>
> The nr_force_scan[] tuple holds the effective scan numbers for anon
> and file pages in case the situation called for a forced scan and the
> regularly calculated scan numbers turned out zero.
>
> However, the effective scan number can always be assumed to be
> SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX right before the division into anon and file. The
> numerators and denominator are properly set up for all cases, be it
> force scan for just file, just anon, or both, to do the right thing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <jweiner@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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