From: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx> Subject: mm: enable MADV_FREE for swapless system Now MADV_FREE pages can be easily reclaimed even for swapless system. We can safely enable MADV_FREE for all systems. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/155648585589300bfae1d45078e7aebb3d988b87.1487965799.git.shli@xxxxxx Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/madvise.c | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/madvise.c~mm-enable-madv_free-for-swapless-system mm/madvise.c --- a/mm/madvise.c~mm-enable-madv_free-for-swapless-system +++ a/mm/madvise.c @@ -650,13 +650,7 @@ madvise_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, case MADV_WILLNEED: return madvise_willneed(vma, prev, start, end); case MADV_FREE: - /* - * XXX: In this implementation, MADV_FREE works like - * MADV_DONTNEED on swapless system or full swap. - */ - if (get_nr_swap_pages() > 0) - return madvise_free(vma, prev, start, end); - /* passthrough */ + return madvise_free(vma, prev, start, end); case MADV_DONTNEED: return madvise_dontneed(vma, prev, start, end); default: _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
