Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Fri 29-01-16 19:35:18, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > From: Michal Hocko <mho...@suse.com>
> > > 
> > > zone_reclaimable_pages is used in should_reclaim_retry which uses it to
> > > calculate the target for the watermark check. This means that precise
> > > numbers are important for the correct decision. zone_reclaimable_pages
> > > uses zone_page_state which can contain stale data with per-cpu diffs
> > > not synced yet (the last vmstat_update might have run 1s in the past).
> > > 
> > > Use zone_page_state_snapshot in zone_reclaimable_pages instead. None
> > > of the current callers is in a hot path where getting the precise value
> > > (which involves per-cpu iteration) would cause an unreasonable overhead.
> > > 
> > > Suggested-by: David Rientjes <rient...@google.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mho...@suse.com>
> > > ---
> > >  mm/vmscan.c | 14 +++++++-------
> > >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > 
> > I didn't know http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20151021130323.gc8...@dhcp22.suse.cz
> > was forgotten. Anyway,
> 
> OK, that explains why this sounded so familiar. Sorry I comepletely
> forgot about it.
> 
> > Acked-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-ker...@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>
> 
> Can I change it to your Signed-off-by?

No problem.

> 
> -- 
> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs
> 

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