when function kswapd_shrink_node return, it will not check the condition
mentioned in the removed comments: "if the lack of progress was
due to pages under writeback", so remove it.

Signed-off-by: yongfa.hu <hushange@163.com>
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 900bad16e..a2369a3b1 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -6747,8 +6747,7 @@ static bool prepare_kswapd_sleep(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
  * zone that is currently unbalanced.
  *
  * Returns true if kswapd scanned at least the requested number of pages to
- * reclaim or if the lack of progress was due to pages under writeback.
- * This is used to determine if the scanning priority needs to be raised.
+ * reclaim. This is used to determine if the scanning priority needs to be raised.
  */
 static bool kswapd_shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat,
 			       struct scan_control *sc)
-- 
2.17.1

On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:15:47 +0800 "yongfa.hu" <hushange@163.com> wrote:

> when function kswapd_shrink_node return, it will not check the condition
> mentioned in the removed comments: "if the lack of progress was
> due to pages under writeback", so remove it.

Is this correct?  shrink_folio_list() can skip under-writeback pages?


> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -6747,8 +6747,7 @@ static bool prepare_kswapd_sleep(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
>   * zone that is currently unbalanced.
>   *
>   * Returns true if kswapd scanned at least the requested number of pages to
> - * reclaim or if the lack of progress was due to pages under writeback.
> - * This is used to determine if the scanning priority needs to be raised.
> + * reclaim. This is used to determine if the scanning priority needs to be raised.
>   */
>  static bool kswapd_shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat,
>  			       struct scan_control *sc)
> -- 
> 2.17.1