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Subject[PATCH] Clear reference bit although page isn't mapped.
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> btw, current shrink_active_list() have unnecessary page_mapping_inuse() call.
> it prevent to drop page reference bit from unmapped cache page. it mean
> we protect unmapped cache page than mapped page. it is strange.

How about this?

---------------------------------
SplitLRU VM replacement algorithm assume shrink_active_list() clear
the page's reference bit. but unnecessary page_mapping_inuse() test
prevent it.

This patch remove it.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 00156f2..3e942b5 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1347,8 +1347,7 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_pages, struct zone *zone,
}

/* page_referenced clears PageReferenced */
- if (page_mapping_inuse(page) &&
- page_referenced(page, 0, sc->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags)) {
+ if (page_referenced(page, 0, sc->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags)) {
nr_rotated++;
/*
* Identify referenced, file-backed active pages and
--
1.6.5.2




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