Re: [PATCH V5 5/6] mm: enable MADV_FREE for swapless system

[Michal Hocko]

On Fri 24-02-17 13:31:48, Shaohua Li wrote:
> Now MADV_FREE pages can be easily reclaimed even for swapless system. We
> can safely enable MADV_FREE for all systems.
> 
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  mm/madvise.c | 8 +-------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
> index 225af7d..5ab4b7b 100644
> --- a/mm/madvise.c
> +++ b/mm/madvise.c
> @@ -612,13 +612,7 @@ madvise_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev,
>  	case MADV_WILLNEED:
>  		return madvise_willneed(vma, prev, start, end);
>  	case MADV_FREE:
> -		/*
> -		 * XXX: In this implementation, MADV_FREE works like
> -		 * MADV_DONTNEED on swapless system or full swap.
> -		 */
> -		if (get_nr_swap_pages() > 0)
> -			return madvise_free(vma, prev, start, end);
> -		/* passthrough */
> +		return madvise_free(vma, prev, start, end);
>  	case MADV_DONTNEED:
>  		return madvise_dontneed(vma, prev, start, end);
>  	default:
> -- 
> 2.9.3
> 

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs