linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] page_referenced: replace vm_flags parameter with struct pr

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Date:	Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:05:03 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
CC:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <jweiner@...hat.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Michael Wolf <mjwolf@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] page_referenced: replace vm_flags parameter with
 struct pr_info

On 09/16/2011 11:39 PM, Michel Lespinasse wrote:
> Introduce struct pr_info, passed into page_referenced() family of functions,
> to represent information about the pte references that have been found for
> that page. Currently contains the vm_flags information as well as
> a PR_REFERENCED flag. The idea is to make it easy to extend the API
> with new flags.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse<walken@...gle.com>

I have to agree with Joe's suggested name change.

Other than that, this patch looks good (will ack the next version).
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