Thread (66 messages) 66 messages, 8 authors, 2010-10-29

Re: [PATCH 05/10] vmscan: Synchrounous lumpy reclaim use lock_page() instead trylock_page()

From: KOSAKI Motohiro <hidden>
Date: 2010-09-09 04:13:22
Also in: linux-fsdevel, lkml

On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:04:48 +0900
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
On Mon,  6 Sep 2010 11:47:28 +0100
Mel Gorman [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
From: KOSAKI Motohiro <redacted>

With synchrounous lumpy reclaim, there is no reason to give up to reclaim
pages even if page is locked. This patch uses lock_page() instead of
trylock_page() in this case.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <redacted>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <redacted>
Ah......but can't this change cause dead lock ??
Yes, this patch is purely crappy. please drop. I guess I was poisoned
by poisonous mushroom of Mario Bros.




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