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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] mm: shrink_inactive_lis() nr_scan accounting fix fix
KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] mm: shrink_inactive_lis() nr_scan accounting fix fix
>
> If sc->isolate_pages() return 0, we don't need to call shrink_page_list().
> In past days, shrink_inactive_list() handled it properly.
>
> But commit fb8d14e1 (three years ago commit!) breaked it. current shrink_inactive_list()
> always call shrink_page_list() although isolate_pages() return 0.
>
> This patch restore proper return value check.
>
>
> Requirements:
> o "nr_taken == 0" condition should stay before calling shrink_page_list().
> o "nr_taken == 0" condition should stay after nr_scan related statistics
> modification.
>
>
> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>

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