Re: [PATCH 06/19] list: add a new LRU list type

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Re: [PATCH 06/19] list: add a new LRU list type

To:	Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH 06/19] list: add a new LRU list type
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:10:18 -0500
Cc:	glommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:14:33AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Several subsystems use the same construct for LRU lists - a list
> head, a spin lock and and item count. They also use exactly the same
> code for adding and removing items from the LRU. Create a generic
> type for these LRU lists.
> 
> This is the beginning of generic, node aware LRUs for shrinkers to
> work with.

Can you please add kerneldoc comments for the functions, and add
symbolic constants for the possible return values from the isolate
callback?

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