Re: [PATCH 09/16] mm: remove unnecessary variable and loop

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 05:21:56PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 06:48:04PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> > shrink_cache() and refill_inactive_zone() do not need loops.
> > 
> > Simplify them to scan one chunk at a time.
> 
> Hi Wu,

Hi Marcelo,

> What is the purpose of scanning large chunks at a time?

But I did not say or mean 'large' chunks :)
With the patch the chunk size is _always_ set to SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX=32 - the good
old default value.

Thanks.
Wu
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