Re: __GFP_IO && shrink_[d|i]cache_memory()?

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Date: Sun Sep 24 2000 - 13:39:29 EST


On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> i just found this out by example, i'm running the shrink_[i|d]cache stuff
> even if __GFP_IO is not set, and no problems so far. (and much better
> balancing behavior)

Send me the tested patch (and I'd suggest moving the shm_swap() test into
shm_swap() too, so that refill_inactive() gets cleaned up a bit).

                Linus

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