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SubjectRe: [PATCH V4 4/6] mm: reclaim MADV_FREE pages
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:12:18AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > @@ -1525,8 +1531,8 @@ int try_to_unmap(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags)
> >
> > if (ret != SWAP_MLOCK && !page_mapcount(page)) {
> > ret = SWAP_SUCCESS;
> > - if (rp.lazyfreed && !PageDirty(page))
> > - ret = SWAP_LZFREE;
> > + if (rp.lazyfreed && PageDirty(page))
> > + ret = SWAP_DIRTY;
>
> Hmm, I don't understand why we need to introduce new return value.
> Can't we set SetPageSwapBacked and return SWAP_FAIL in try_to_unmap_one?

I think that's a bad idea. A function called "try_to_unmap" shouldn't
have as a side effect that it changes the page's LRU type in an error
case. Let try_to_unmap be about unmapping the page. If it fails, make
it report why and let the caller deal with the fallout. Any LRU fixups
are much better placed in vmscan.c.

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