Re: [PATCH] mm:vmscan: fix shrink sc->nr counter values issue

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 09:56:59AM +0800, zhiguojiang wrote:
> > > -		 * If kswapd scans pages marked for immediate
> > > +		 * If kswapd scans massive pages marked for immediate
> > I don't understand why you've added the word "massive".  Do you mean
> > that the pages are large, or that kswapd has scanned a lot of pages?
> The added "massive" means that there are a large number of pages marked for
> immediate reclaim on evictable LRUs.

Then the word "many" communicates your meaning better.  "massive" would
mean that each page is very big, while "many" means that there are a
lot of pages.

It was foolish to send out a v2 so swiftly.  Best wait for someone who's
familiar with this code to respond to it now that you've clarified what
you were doing.