Re: [PATCH][8/8] mm: lru interface change

[Nick Piggin]

Stone Wang wrote:
> > I may have missed something very trivial, but... why are they on a
> > list at all if they don't get scanned
>
>
> Get the locked pages on a list is necessary for page management,
> scatter the locked pages around isnt a good idea.

This doesn't make sense. Whether or not they're on a list does not
change the fact that they may be "scattered".

> Also, we could add some kinds of scan to the locked pages,
> if we find that it's necessary.

This is a valid reason. But at present you don't scan them, do you?
So you should add them to a list in patch 9 where you add the
machanism to scan them as well, right?

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