If unlikely the given page is isolated from lru list again, its status is recomputed before putting back to lru list, since the comment says page's status can change while we move it among lru. Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@xxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/mm/vmscan.c Thu Dec 29 20:20:16 2011 +++ b/mm/vmscan.c Fri Jan 6 21:31:56 2012 @@ -633,12 +633,14 @@ int remove_mapping(struct address_space void putback_lru_page(struct page *page) { int lru; - int active = !!TestClearPageActive(page); - int was_unevictable = PageUnevictable(page); + int active; + int was_unevictable; VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page)); redo: + active = !!TestClearPageActive(page); + was_unevictable = PageUnevictable(page); ClearPageUnevictable(page); if (page_evictable(page, NULL)) { -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>