The patch titled Subject: vmscan: change type of vm_total_pages to unsigned long has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is vmscan-change-type-of-vm_total_pages-to-unsigned-long.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: vmscan: change type of vm_total_pages to unsigned long This variable is calculated from nr_free_pagecache_pages so change its type to unsigned long. Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/swap.h | 2 +- mm/vmscan.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/swap.h~vmscan-change-type-of-vm_total_pages-to-unsigned-long include/linux/swap.h --- a/include/linux/swap.h~vmscan-change-type-of-vm_total_pages-to-unsigned-long +++ a/include/linux/swap.h @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ extern unsigned long mem_cgroup_shrink_n extern unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_pages); extern int vm_swappiness; extern int remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page); -extern long vm_total_pages; +extern unsigned long vm_total_pages; #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA extern int zone_reclaim_mode; diff -puN mm/vmscan.c~vmscan-change-type-of-vm_total_pages-to-unsigned-long mm/vmscan.c --- a/mm/vmscan.c~vmscan-change-type-of-vm_total_pages-to-unsigned-long +++ a/mm/vmscan.c @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ struct scan_control { * From 0 .. 100. Higher means more swappy. */ int vm_swappiness = 60; -long vm_total_pages; /* The total number of pages which the VM controls */ +unsigned long vm_total_pages; /* The total number of pages which the VM controls */ static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list); static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-fix-return-type-for-functions-nr_free__pages.patch ia64-use-%ld-to-print-pages-calculated-in-nr_free_buffer_pages.patch fs-bufferc-change-type-of-max_buffer_heads-to-unsigned-long.patch fs-nfsd-change-type-of-max_delegations-nfsd_drc_max_mem-and-nfsd_drc_mem_used.patch vmscan-change-type-of-vm_total_pages-to-unsigned-long.patch net-change-type-of-netns_ipvs-sysctl_sync_qlen_max.patch net-change-type-of-virtio_chan-p9_max_pages.patch binfmt_elf-remove-unused-argument-in-fill_elf_header.patch kexec-get-rid-of-duplicate-check-for-hole_end.patch -- 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