On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 10:34:47AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote: > @@ -3008,7 +3008,17 @@ static bool zone_balanced(struct zone *zone, int > order, int classzone_idx) > { > unsigned long mark = high_wmark_pages(zone); > > - return zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order, mark, classzone_idx); > + if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order, mark, classzone_idx)) > + return false; > + > + /* > + * If any eligible zone is balanced then the node is not considered > + * to be congested or dirty > + */ > + clear_bit(PGDAT_CONGESTED, &zone->zone_pgdat->flags); > + clear_bit(PGDAT_DIRTY, &zone->zone_pgdat->flags);
Predicate functions that secretly modify internal state give me the willies... The diffstat is flat, too. Is this really an improvement?