Re: [PATCH v4 01/31] super: fix calculation of shrinkable objects for small numbers

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On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 03:18:57AM +0400, Glauber Costa wrote:
> The sysctl knob sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure is used to determine which
> percentage of the shrinkable objects in our cache we should actively try
> to shrink.
> 
> It works great in situations in which we have many objects (at least
> more than 100), because the aproximation errors will be negligible. But
> if this is not the case, specially when total_objects < 100, we may end
> up concluding that we have no objects at all (total / 100 = 0,  if total
> < 100).
> 
> This is certainly not the biggest killer in the world, but may matter in
> very low kernel memory situations.
> 
> [ v2: fix it for all occurrences of sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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