Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] mm/page_alloc: drop nr_free_pagecache_pages()

[Mike Rapoport]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 03:24:10PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> nr_free_pagecache_pages() isn't used outside page_alloc.c anymore - and
> the name does not really help to understand what's going on. Let's inline
> it instead and add a comment.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  include/linux/swap.h |  1 -
>  mm/page_alloc.c      | 16 ++--------------
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
> index 124261acd5d0a..9bde6c6b2c045 100644
> --- a/include/linux/swap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/swap.h
> @@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ void workingset_update_node(struct xa_node *node);
>  /* linux/mm/page_alloc.c */
>  extern unsigned long totalreserve_pages;
>  extern unsigned long nr_free_buffer_pages(void);
> -extern unsigned long nr_free_pagecache_pages(void);
>  
>  /* Definition of global_zone_page_state not available yet */
>  #define nr_free_pages() global_zone_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES)
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 7b0dde69748c1..c38903d1b3b4d 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -5177,19 +5177,6 @@ unsigned long nr_free_buffer_pages(void)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nr_free_buffer_pages);
>  
> -/**
> - * nr_free_pagecache_pages - count number of pages beyond high watermark
> - *
> - * nr_free_pagecache_pages() counts the number of pages which are beyond the
> - * high watermark within all zones.
> - *
> - * Return: number of pages beyond high watermark within all zones.
> - */
> -unsigned long nr_free_pagecache_pages(void)
> -{
> -	return nr_free_zone_pages(gfp_zone(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE));
> -}
> -
>  static inline void show_node(struct zone *zone)
>  {
>  	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA))
> @@ -5911,7 +5898,8 @@ void __ref build_all_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
>  		__build_all_zonelists(pgdat);
>  		/* cpuset refresh routine should be here */
>  	}
> -	vm_total_pages = nr_free_pagecache_pages();
> +	/* Get the number of free pages beyond high watermark in all zones. */
> +	vm_total_pages = nr_free_zone_pages(gfp_zone(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE));
>  	/*
>  	 * Disable grouping by mobility if the number of pages in the
>  	 * system is too low to allow the mechanism to work. It would be
> -- 
> 2.26.2
> 
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.