+ swapfile-vmscan-update-comments-related-to-vmscan-functions.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     swapfile/vmscan: update comments related to vmscan functions
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     swapfile-vmscan-update-comments-related-to-vmscan-functions.patch

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Subject: swapfile/vmscan: update comments related to vmscan functions
From: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/swapfile.c |    4 ++--
 mm/vmscan.c   |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -puN mm/swapfile.c~swapfile-vmscan-update-comments-related-to-vmscan-functions mm/swapfile.c
--- a/mm/swapfile.c~swapfile-vmscan-update-comments-related-to-vmscan-functions
+++ a/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -656,8 +656,8 @@ static int unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm
 
 	if (!down_read_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem)) {
 		/*
-		 * Activate page so shrink_cache is unlikely to unmap its
-		 * ptes while lock is dropped, so swapoff can make progress.
+		 * Activate page so shrink_inactive_list is unlikely to unmap
+		 * its ptes while lock is dropped, so swapoff can make progress.
 		 */
 		activate_page(page);
 		unlock_page(page);
diff -puN mm/vmscan.c~swapfile-vmscan-update-comments-related-to-vmscan-functions mm/vmscan.c
--- a/mm/vmscan.c~swapfile-vmscan-update-comments-related-to-vmscan-functions
+++ a/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ module_init(kswapd_init)
 int zone_reclaim_mode __read_mostly;
 
 #define RECLAIM_OFF 0
-#define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0)	/* Run shrink_cache on the zone */
+#define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0)	/* Run shrink_inactive_list on the zone */
 #define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1)	/* Writeout pages during reclaim */
 #define RECLAIM_SWAP (1<<2)	/* Swap pages out during reclaim */
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are

madvise-update-function-comment-of-madvise_dontneed.patch
swap-update-function-comment-of-release_pages.patch
swapfile-vmscan-update-comments-related-to-vmscan-functions.patch
do_try_to_free_page-update-comments-related-to-vmscan-functions.patch

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