Re: [PATCH] mm: Do not reclaim private data from pinned page

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On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 02:41:40PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> If the page is pinned, there's no point in trying to reclaim it.
> Furthermore if the page is from the page cache we don't want to reclaim
> fs-private data from the page because the pinning process may be writing
> to the page at any time and reclaiming fs private info on a dirty page
> can upset the filesystem (see link below).
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20180103100430.GE4911@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>




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