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From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
To: Roger Larsson <roger.larsson@norran.net>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH NG] alloc_pages_limit & pages_min
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:40:20 -0300 (BRST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0108222139350.5646-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200108222350.f7MNoZp17510@maild.telia.com>

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Roger Larsson wrote:

> +				if (page) {
> +					while (z->free_pages < z->pages_low) {
> +						struct page *extra = reclaim_page(z);
> +						if (!extra)
> +							break;
> +						__free_page(extra);
> +					}
> +				}

This is a surprise ;)

Why did you introduce this piece of code?
What is it supposed to achieve ?

Rik
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  reply	other threads:[~2001-08-23  0:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-22 23:46 Roger Larsson
2001-08-23  0:40 ` Rik van Riel [this message]
2001-08-23 18:36   ` Roger Larsson
2001-08-23 18:44     ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-23 18:52       ` Roger Larsson
2001-08-23 19:03         ` Rik van Riel
2001-08-23 19:28           ` Upd: " Roger Larsson
2001-08-23 18:45   ` Roger Larsson
2001-08-23 18:55     ` Rik van Riel

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