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SubjectUpd: [PATCH NG] alloc_pages_limit & pages_min
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Riel convinced be to back off a part of the patch.
Here comes an updated one.

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Roger Larsson
Skellefteå
Sweden

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Patch prepared by: roger.larsson@norran.net
Name of file: linux-2.4.8-pre3-pages_min-R3

--- linux/mm/page_alloc.c.orig Thu Aug 23 19:58:55 2001
+++ linux/mm/page_alloc.c Thu Aug 23 21:19:20 2001
@@ -253,11 +253,26 @@

if (z->free_pages + z->inactive_clean_pages >= water_mark) {
struct page *page = NULL;
- /* If possible, reclaim a page directly. */
- if (direct_reclaim)
+
+ /*
+ * Reclaim a page from the inactive_clean list.
+ * If needed, refill the free list up to the
+ * low water mark.
+ */
+ if (direct_reclaim) {
page = reclaim_page(z);
- /* If that fails, fall back to rmqueue. */
- if (!page)
+
+ while (page && z->free_pages < z->pages_min) {
+ __free_page(page);
+ page = reclaim_page(z);
+ }
+
+ /* let kreclaimd handle up to pages_high */
+ }
+ /* If that fails, fall back to rmqueue, but never let
+ * free_pages go below pages_min...
+ */
+ if (!page && z->free_pages >= z->pages_min)
page = rmqueue(z, order);
if (page)
return page;
-
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