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authorYu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>2022-09-28 21:46:20 +0300
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2022-10-08 00:28:40 +0300
commite4fea72b143848d8bbbeae6d39a890212bcf848e (patch)
tree5a07e54b947a5c0a3867885ca647e29b01db35ff /mm/vmscan.c
parent14aa8b2d5c2ebead01b542f62d68029023054774 (diff)
downloadlinux-e4fea72b143848d8bbbeae6d39a890212bcf848e.tar.xz
mglru: mm/vmscan.c: fix imprecise comments
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YzSWfFI+MOeb1ils@google.com Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/vmscan.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/vmscan.c9
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 3240d5dd7784..04d8b88e5216 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -5076,7 +5076,7 @@ static bool should_abort_scan(struct lruvec *lruvec, unsigned long seq,
DEFINE_MAX_SEQ(lruvec);
if (!current_is_kswapd()) {
- /* age each memcg once to ensure fairness */
+ /* age each memcg at most once to ensure fairness */
if (max_seq - seq > 1)
return true;
@@ -5101,10 +5101,9 @@ static bool should_abort_scan(struct lruvec *lruvec, unsigned long seq,
/*
* A minimum amount of work was done under global memory pressure. For
- * kswapd, it may be overshooting. For direct reclaim, the target isn't
- * met, and yet the allocation may still succeed, since kswapd may have
- * caught up. In either case, it's better to stop now, and restart if
- * necessary.
+ * kswapd, it may be overshooting. For direct reclaim, the allocation
+ * may succeed if all suitable zones are somewhat safe. In either case,
+ * it's better to stop now, and restart later if necessary.
*/
for (i = 0; i <= sc->reclaim_idx; i++) {
unsigned long wmark;