[patch 8/14] mm: remove pcp_low

[Nick Piggin]

8/14

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SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.

pcp->low is useless.

Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/mmzone.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ struct zone_padding {
 
 struct per_cpu_pages {
 	int count;		/* number of pages in the list */
-	int low;		/* low watermark, refill needed */
 	int high;		/* high watermark, emptying needed */
 	int batch;		/* chunk size for buddy add/remove */
 	struct list_head list;	/* the list of pages */
Index: linux-2.6/mm/page_alloc.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ buffered_rmqueue(struct zone *zone, int 
 
 		pcp = &zone_pcp(zone, get_cpu())->pcp[cold];
 		local_irq_save(flags);
-		if (pcp->count <= pcp->low)
+		if (!pcp->count)
 			pcp->count += rmqueue_bulk(zone, 0,
 						pcp->batch, &pcp->list);
 		if (likely(pcp->count)) {
@@ -1324,10 +1324,9 @@ void show_free_areas(void)
 			pageset = zone_pcp(zone, cpu);
 
 			for (temperature = 0; temperature < 2; temperature++)
-				printk("cpu %d %s: low %d, high %d, batch %d used:%d\n",
+				printk("cpu %d %s: high %d, batch %d used:%d\n",
 					cpu,
 					temperature ? "cold" : "hot",
-					pageset->pcp[temperature].low,
 					pageset->pcp[temperature].high,
 					pageset->pcp[temperature].batch,
 					pageset->pcp[temperature].count);
@@ -1765,14 +1764,12 @@ inline void setup_pageset(struct per_cpu
 
 	pcp = &p->pcp[0];		/* hot */
 	pcp->count = 0;
-	pcp->low = 0;
-	pcp->high = 6 * batch;
+	pcp->high = 4 * batch;
 	pcp->batch = max(1UL, 1 * batch);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pcp->list);
 
 	pcp = &p->pcp[1];		/* cold*/
 	pcp->count = 0;
-	pcp->low = 0;
 	pcp->high = 2 * batch;
 	pcp->batch = max(1UL, batch/2);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pcp->list);
@@ -2169,12 +2166,10 @@ static int zoneinfo_show(struct seq_file
 				seq_printf(m,
 					   "\n    cpu: %i pcp: %i"
 					   "\n              count: %i"
-					   "\n              low:   %i"
 					   "\n              high:  %i"
 					   "\n              batch: %i",
 					   i, j,
 					   pageset->pcp[j].count,
-					   pageset->pcp[j].low,
 					   pageset->pcp[j].high,
 					   pageset->pcp[j].batch);
 			}