On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 10:32:42AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 11:09:52AM -0500, Johannes Weiner wrote: > > 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> > > Ack for merging this through drm-intel trees for 4.5? I'm a bit unclear > who's ack I need for that for linux-mm topics ... Andrew would be the -mm maintainer. CC'd. _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
