On Fri, 17 Jan 2014, Vladimir Davydov wrote: > The name `max_pass' is misleading, because this variable actually keeps > the estimate number of freeable objects, not the maximal number of > objects we can scan in this pass, which can be twice that. Rename it to > reflect its actual meaning. > > Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov > Cc: Andrew Morton > Cc: Mel Gorman > Cc: Michal Hocko > Cc: Johannes Weiner > Cc: Rik van Riel > Cc: Dave Chinner > Cc: Glauber Costa This doesn't compile on linux-next: mm/vmscan.c: In function a??shrink_slab_nodea??: mm/vmscan.c:300:23: error: a??max_passa?? undeclared (first use in this function) mm/vmscan.c:300:23: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in because of b01fa2357bca ("mm: vmscan: shrink all slab objects if tight on memory") from an author with a name remarkably similar to yours. Could you rebase this series on top of your previous work that is already in -mm?