Re: __GFP_IO && shrink_[d|i]cache_memory()?

Linus Torvalds
2000-09-24T18:39:29Z

On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> i just found this out by example, i'm running the shrink_[i|d]cache stuff
> even if __GFP_IO is not set, and no problems so far. (and much better
> balancing behavior)

Send me the tested patch (and I'd suggest moving the shm_swap() test into
shm_swap() too, so that refill_inactive() gets cleaned up a bit).

Linus