/*
* On machines where it is needed (eg PCs) we divide physical memory
- * into multiple physical zones. On a PC we have 4 zones:
+ * into multiple physical zones. On a 32bit PC we have 4 zones:
*
* ZONE_DMA < 16 MB ISA DMA capable memory
* ZONE_DMA32 0 MB Empty
unsigned long pages_scanned; /* since last reclaim */
int all_unreclaimable; /* All pages pinned */
- /*
- * Does the allocator try to reclaim pages from the zone as soon
- * as it fails a watermark_ok() in __alloc_pages?
- */
- int reclaim_pages;
/* A count of how many reclaimers are scanning this zone */
atomic_t reclaim_in_progress;
+ /*
+ * timestamp (in jiffies) of the last zone reclaim that did not
+ * result in freeing of pages. This is used to avoid repeated scans
+ * if all memory in the zone is in use.
+ */
+ unsigned long last_unsuccessful_zone_reclaim;
+
/*
* prev_priority holds the scanning priority for this zone. It is
* defined as the scanning priority at which we achieved our reclaim