> > So we look at zone_reclaimable_pages() only to determine proceed > > reclaiming or not. What if I have tons of unused dentry and inode > > caches and we are skipping the shrinker here? > > > > --Ying > > Good catch! > I perfectly agree with you. The problem is, nunber of reclaimable slab doesn't give us any information. There are frequently pinned and unreclaimable. That's one of the reason now we are trying reclaim only when priority==DEF_PRIORITY even if all_unreclaimable=1. slab shrinker should implement all_unreclaimable heuristics too? -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>