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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: vinayakm.list@gmail.com
Cc: arve@android.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: android: lowmemorykiller: neglect swap cached pages in other_file
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:27:03 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140226182703.GA32515@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1393438233-2759-1-git-send-email-vinayakm.list@gmail.com>

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:40:33PM +0530, vinayakm.list@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Vinayak Menon <vinayakm.list@gmail.com>
> 
> With ZRAM enabled it is observed that lowmemory killer
> doesn't trigger properly. swap cached pages are
> accounted in NR_FILE, and lowmemorykiller considers
> this as reclaimable and adds to other_file. But these
> pages can't be reclaimed unless lowmemorykiller triggers.
> So subtract swap pages from other_file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vinayak Menon <vinayakm.list@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/android/lowmemorykiller.c |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

You sent 2 patches, both different, which should I apply?

How about I delete both and wait for a proper "v3" that specifies
exactly what is going on here...

  reply	other threads:[~2014-02-26 18:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-26 18:10 [PATCH] staging: android: lowmemorykiller: neglect swap cached pages in other_file vinayakm.list
2014-02-26 18:27 ` Greg KH [this message]
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2014-02-26 18:15 vinayakm.list

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