From: Wanpeng Li <liwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Since lumpy reclaim algorithm is removed by Mel Gorman, cleanup the
footprint of lumpy reclaim.
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwp.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 603c96f..2fc16cf 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2065,8 +2065,9 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
* Try to write back as many pages as we just scanned. This
* tends to cause slow streaming writers to write data to the
* disk smoothly, at the dirtying rate, which is nice. But
- * that's undesirable in laptop mode, where we *want* lumpy
- * writeout. So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
+ * that's undesirable in laptop mode, where as much I/O as
+ * possible should be trigged if the disk needs to be spun up.
+ * So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
*/
writeback_threshold = sc->nr_to_reclaim + sc->nr_to_reclaim / 2;
if (total_scanned > writeback_threshold) {
--
1.7.9.5
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