On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 07:34:30PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote: > Remove unneeded PageLRU(p) and is_free_buddy_page(p) check as slab caches > are not shrunk now. This check can be added back when a lightweight range > based shrinker is available. I think your logic is faulty. Based on the reasoning above, this patch should be: > - if (!PageSlab(p)) { > - lru_add_drain_all(); > - if (PageLRU(p) || is_free_buddy_page(p)) > - return; > - } > + if (PageSlab(p)) > + return; > + > + lru_add_drain_all(); + if (PageLRU(p) || is_free_buddy_page(p)) + return; but maybe it's the description that is wrong.