On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:08:57AM -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote: > When attempting to charge pages, we first charge the memory counter > and then the memory+swap counter. If one of the counters is at its > limit, we enter reclaim, but if it's the memory+swap counter, reclaim > shouldn't swap because that wouldn't change the situation. However, > if the counters have the same limits, we never get to the memory+swap > limit. To know whether reclaim should swap or not, there is a state > flag that indicates whether the limits are equal and whether hitting > the memory limit implies hitting the memory+swap limit. > > Just try the memory+swap counter first. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- 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>