- if (server.vm_enabled) {
- /* Note that this code may run in the context of an I/O thread
- * and accessing server.lruclock in theory is an error
- * (no locks). But in practice this is safe, and even if we read
- * garbage Redis will not fail. */
- o->lru = server.lruclock;
- o->storage = REDIS_VM_MEMORY;
- }
+
+ /* Set the LRU to the current lruclock (minutes resolution).
+ * We do this regardless of the fact VM is active as LRU is also
+ * used for the maxmemory directive when Redis is used as cache.
+ *
+ * Note that this code may run in the context of an I/O thread
+ * and accessing server.lruclock in theory is an error
+ * (no locks). But in practice this is safe, and even if we read
+ * garbage Redis will not fail. */
+ o->lru = server.lruclock;
+ /* The following is only needed if VM is active, but since the conditional
+ * is probably more costly than initializing the field it's better to
+ * have every field properly initialized anyway. */
+ o->storage = REDIS_VM_MEMORY;