Not a functional change, just a minor internal cleanup: move the buffer_heads_over_limit processing up from move_active_pages_to_lru() (where it has to drop lock and reloop) to its caller shrink_active_list(). Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmscan.c | 19 +++++++------------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) --- mmotm.orig/mm/vmscan.c 2012-02-07 16:59:13.000000000 -0800 +++ mmotm/mm/vmscan.c 2012-02-07 17:07:23.800524771 -0800 @@ -1641,18 +1641,6 @@ static void move_active_pages_to_lru(str unsigned long pgmoved = 0; struct page *page; - if (buffer_heads_over_limit) { - spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); - list_for_each_entry(page, list, lru) { - if (page_has_private(page) && trylock_page(page)) { - if (page_has_private(page)) - try_to_release_page(page, 0); - unlock_page(page); - } - } - spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); - } - while (!list_empty(list)) { struct lruvec *lruvec; @@ -1734,6 +1722,13 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned continue; } + if (buffer_heads_over_limit && + page_has_private(page) && trylock_page(page)) { + if (page_has_private(page)) + try_to_release_page(page, 0); + unlock_page(page); + } + if (page_referenced(page, 0, mz->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags)) { nr_rotated += hpage_nr_pages(page); /* -- 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>