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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:40:20 -0300 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
Subject: Re: [PATCH NG] alloc_pages_limit & pages_min
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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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