From: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com>
To: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>, Chris Wright <chrisw@redhat.com>,
Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/12] ksm: distribute remove_mm_from_lists
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:03:25 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A78319D.9030002@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0908031316180.16754@sister.anvils>
Hugh Dickins wrote:
> Do some housekeeping in ksm.c, to help make the next patch easier
> to understand: remove the function remove_mm_from_lists, distributing
> its code to its callsites scan_get_next_rmap_item and __ksm_exit.
>
> That turns out to be a win in scan_get_next_rmap_item: move its
> remove_trailing_rmap_items and cursor advancement up, and it becomes
> simpler than before. __ksm_exit becomes messier, but will change
> again; and moving its remove_trailing_rmap_items up lets us strengthen
> the unstable tree item's age condition in remove_rmap_item_from_tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
> ---
>
>
Acked-by: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-04 12:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-03 12:08 [PATCH 0/12] ksm: stats, oom, doc, misc Hugh Dickins
2009-08-03 12:10 ` [PATCH 1/12] ksm: rename kernel_pages_allocated Hugh Dickins
2009-08-03 14:21 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-03 16:48 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-08-03 12:11 ` [PATCH 2/12] ksm: move pages_sharing updates Hugh Dickins
2009-08-03 14:34 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-03 16:53 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-08-03 17:34 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-03 12:11 ` [PATCH 3/12] ksm: pages_unshared and pages_volatile Hugh Dickins
2009-08-03 14:54 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-04 21:49 ` Andrew Morton
2009-08-05 11:39 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-05 15:11 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-08-03 12:12 ` [PATCH 4/12] ksm: break cow once unshared Hugh Dickins
2009-08-03 16:00 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-03 12:14 ` [PATCH 5/12] ksm: keep quiet while list empty Hugh Dickins
2009-08-03 16:55 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-04 21:59 ` Andrew Morton
2009-08-05 11:54 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-03 12:15 ` [PATCH 6/12] ksm: five little cleanups Hugh Dickins
2009-08-04 12:41 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-03 12:16 ` [PATCH 7/12] ksm: fix endless loop on oom Hugh Dickins
2009-08-04 12:55 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-03 12:17 ` [PATCH 8/12] ksm: distribute remove_mm_from_lists Hugh Dickins
2009-08-04 13:03 ` Izik Eidus [this message]
2009-08-03 12:18 ` [PATCH 9/12] ksm: fix oom deadlock Hugh Dickins
2009-08-04 19:32 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-25 14:58 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-08-25 15:22 ` [PATCH 13/12] ksm: fix munlock during exit_mmap deadlock Andrea Arcangeli
2009-08-25 17:49 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-25 18:10 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-08-25 18:58 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-25 19:45 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-08-26 16:18 ` Justin M. Forbes
2009-08-26 19:17 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-26 19:44 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-08-26 19:57 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-26 20:28 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-08-26 20:54 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-26 21:14 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-08-26 21:49 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-27 19:11 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-27 19:35 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-26 22:00 ` David Rientjes
2009-08-26 20:29 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-25 17:35 ` [PATCH 9/12] ksm: fix oom deadlock Hugh Dickins
2009-08-25 17:47 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2009-08-03 12:19 ` [PATCH 10/12] ksm: sysfs and defaults Hugh Dickins
2009-08-04 19:34 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-03 12:21 ` [PATCH 11/12] ksm: add some documentation Hugh Dickins
2009-08-04 19:35 ` Izik Eidus
2009-08-03 12:22 ` [PATCH 12/12] ksm: remove VM_MERGEABLE_FLAGS Hugh Dickins
2009-08-04 19:35 ` Izik Eidus
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