From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> congestion_wait() mean "waiting queue congestion is cleared". However, synchronous lumpy reclaim does not need this congestion_wait() as shrink_page_list(PAGEOUT_IO_SYNC) uses wait_on_page_writeback() and it provides the necessary waiting. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmscan.c | 2 -- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index eabe987..5979850 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1341,8 +1341,6 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct zone *zone, /* Check if we should syncronously wait for writeback */ if (should_reclaim_stall(nr_taken, nr_reclaimed, priority, sc)) { - wait_iff_congested(zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); - /* * The attempt at page out may have made some * of the pages active, mark them inactive again. -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>