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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/swapfile.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/swapfile.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c index 71383625a582..cf63b5f01adf 100644 --- a/mm/swapfile.c +++ b/mm/swapfile.c @@ -2116,12 +2116,11 @@ retry: * Under global memory pressure, swap entries can be reinserted back * into process space after the mmlist loop above passes over them. * - * Limit the number of retries? No: when shmem_unuse()'s igrab() fails, - * a shmem inode using swap is being evicted; and when mmget_not_zero() - * above fails, that mm is likely to be freeing swap from exit_mmap(). - * Both proceed at their own independent pace: we could move them to - * separate lists, and wait for those lists to be emptied; but it's - * easier and more robust (though cpu-intensive) just to keep retrying. + * Limit the number of retries? No: when mmget_not_zero() above fails, + * that mm is likely to be freeing swap from exit_mmap(), which proceeds + * at its own independent pace; and even shmem_writepage() could have + * been preempted after get_swap_page(), temporarily hiding that swap. + * It's easy and robust (though cpu-intensive) just to keep retrying. */ if (si->inuse_pages) { if (!signal_pending(current)) |