On 05/14/2013 09:05 AM, Mel Gorman wrote: > This helper seems overkill. Why not just have batch_mapping in > shrink_page_list() that is set when the first page is added to the > batch_for_mapping_removal and defer the decision to drain until after the > page mapping has been looked up? > > struct address_space *batch_mapping = NULL; > > ..... > > mapping = page_mapping(page); > if (!batch_mapping) > batch_mapping = mapping; > > if (!list_empty(&batch_for_mapping_removal) && mapping != batch_mapping) { > nr_reclaimed += __remove_mapping_batch(....); > batch_mapping = mapping; > } I was trying to avoid doing the batch drain while holding lock_page() on an unrelated page. But, now that I think about it, that was probably unsafe anyway. The page could have been truncated out of the mapping since it *was* before lock_page(). I think I was also trying to save adding another local variable, but you're right that it's overkill. I'll fix it up. -- 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/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>