Re: [PATCH 2.6.14-rc2] fix incorrect mm->hiwater_vm and mm->hiwater_rss

[Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Hugh Dickins wrote:

> 
> But I think you're right that hiwater_vm is best updated where total_vm
> is: I'm not sure if it covers all cases completely (I think there's one
> or two places which don't bother to call __vm_stat_account because they
> believe it won't change anything), but in principle it would make lots of
> sense to do it in the __vm_stat_account which typically follows adjusting
> total_vm, as you did, and if possible nowhere else; rather than adding
> your inline above.
> 
> Would you be satisfied with that, Christoph?

Looks like this is staying off the critical code paths. So ok.

> I'm also rearranging the rss,anon_rss accounting.  Maybe come back
> to the hiwaters later on?

I'd be very interested to see the rearrangement.
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