Thread (9 messages) 9 messages, 2 authors, 2001-08-23

Re: [PATCH NG] alloc_pages_limit & pages_min

From: Rik van Riel <hidden>
Date: 2001-08-23 00:40:20

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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