Re: [PATCH] mm: Cleanup - Reorganize the shrink_page_list code into smaller functions

[Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>]

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 02:32:59PM -0700, Tim Chen wrote:
> This patch consolidates the page out and the various cleanup operations
> within shrink_page_list function into handle_pgout and pg_finish
> functions.
> 
> This makes the shrink_page_list function more concise and allows for
> the separation of page out and page scan operations.
> It paves the way to group similar pages together and batch
> process them in the page out path for better efficiency.
> 
> After we have scanned a page in shrink_page_list and 
> completed paging, the final disposition and clean 
> up of the page is consolidated into pg_finish.  T
> he designated disposition of the page from page scanning
> in shrink_page_list is marked with one of the designation in pg_result.
> 
> There is no intention to change shrink_page_list's
> functionality or logic in this patch.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Tim
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>

Hello Tim,

checking file mm/vmscan.c
patch: **** malformed patch at line 89:                 mapping->a_ops->is_dirty_writeback(page, dirty, writeback);

Could you resend formal patch?

Thanks.

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