Re: [PATCH NG] alloc_pages_limit & pages_min

[Roger Larsson <roger.larsson@norran.net>]

On Thursdayen den 23 August 2001 02:40, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Roger Larsson wrote:
> > +				if (page) {
> > +					while (z->free_pages < z->pages_low) {
> > +						struct page *extra = reclaim_page(z);
> > +						if (!extra)
> > +							break;
> > +						__free_page(extra);
> > +					}
> > +				}
>
> This is a surprise ;)
>
> Why did you introduce this piece of code?
> What is it supposed to achieve ?
>
f we did get one page => we are above pages_min
try to reach pages_low too.
But holding on to the page we got.

It is possible that it should only be done if we started under
pages_min. But it will be faster the closer we start to pages_low

/RogerL

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Roger Larsson
Skelleftea
Sweden
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