On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 03:58:53PM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Some modules, like i915.ko, use swappable objects and may try to swap
> them out under memory pressure (via the shrinker). Before doing so, they
> want to check using get_nr_swap_pages() to see if any swap space is
> available as otherwise they will waste time purging the object from the
> device without recovering any memory for the system. This requires the
> nr_swap_pages counter to be exported to the modules.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Goel, Akash" <[email protected]>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <[email protected]>
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