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* [patch] dqcache receives uneven shrink_caches priority
@ 2002-01-28 16:10 Josh MacDonald
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From: Josh MacDonald @ 2002-01-28 16:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: reiserfs-dev

It looks like the vmscan shrink_caches() function applies an uneven
priority for the call to shrink_dqcache_memory().  Instead of passing
the 'priority' argument as with the dcache and icache, dqcache always
receives the lowest (default) priority.  This seems unjustified...

-josh

diff -cr mm.2.5.2/vmscan.c mm/vmscan.c
*** mm.2.5.2/vmscan.c	Mon Jan 28 18:56:38 2002
--- mm/vmscan.c	Mon Jan 28 18:56:50 2002
***************
*** 578,584 ****
  	shrink_dcache_memory(priority, gfp_mask);
  	shrink_icache_memory(priority, gfp_mask);
  #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
! 	shrink_dqcache_memory(DEF_PRIORITY, gfp_mask);
  #endif
  
  	return nr_pages;
--- 578,584 ----
  	shrink_dcache_memory(priority, gfp_mask);
  	shrink_icache_memory(priority, gfp_mask);
  #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
! 	shrink_dqcache_memory(priority, gfp_mask);
  #endif
  
  	return nr_pages;


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