On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 03:58:53PM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote: > Some modules, like i915.ko, use swappable objects and may try to swap > them out under memory pressure (via the shrinker). Before doing so, they > want to check using get_nr_swap_pages() to see if any swap space is > available as otherwise they will waste time purging the object from the > device without recovering any memory for the system. This requires the > nr_swap_pages counter to be exported to the modules. > > Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "Goel, Akash" <akash.goel@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
