Re: [PATCH] swap-prefetch, fix lru_cache_add_tail()

On Thursday 18 May 2006 02:54, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> From: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
>
> lru_cache_add_tail() uses the inactive per-cpu pagevec. This causes
> normal inactive and intactive tail inserts to end up on the wrong end
> of the list.
>
> When the pagevec is completed by lru_cache_add_tail() but still contains
> normal inactive pages, all pages will be added to the inactive tail and
> vice versa.
>
> Also *add_drain*() will always complete to the inactive head.
>
> Add a third per-cpu pagevec to alleviate this problem.

Thanks!

> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <[email protected]>

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