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SubjectRe: [PATCH] shrink_list: Use of && instead || leads to unintended writing of pages
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:

> The effects of this fix will be a) slightly improved memory allocator
> latency, b) somehat improved disk writeout patterns and c) somewhat
> increased risk of ooms.

If we do not operate in laptop mode and are not using zone_reclaim
(!may_writepage) which is the common case then there will be no effect at
all.

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