Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:17:03 -0800 (PST) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/5] lumpy: isolate_lru_pages wants to specifically take active or inactive pages |
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> The caller of isolate_lru_pages specifically knows whether it wants > to take either inactive or active pages. Currently we take the > state of the LRU page at hand and use that to scan for matching > pages in the order sized block. If that page is transiting we > can scan for the wrong type. The caller knows what they want and > should be telling us. Pass in the required active/inactive state > and match against that.
The page cannot be transiting since we hold the lru lock? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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