linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] mm: support MIGRATE

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:20:35 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC] mm: support MIGRATE_DISCARD

Hi Rik,

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:04:16AM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On 08/24/2012 12:25 AM, Minchan Kim wrote:
> >This patch introudes MIGRATE_DISCARD mode in migration.
> >It drops *unmapped clean cache pages* instead of migration so that
> 
> Am I confused, or does the code not match the changelog?
> 
> It looks like it is still trying to discard mapped page cache pages:

Embarrassing typo :( "clean cache page" is right.
That includes both mapped/unmapped clean cache pages.

> 
> >+	file = page_is_file_cache(page);
> >+	ttu_flags = TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS;
> >+retry:
> >+	if (!(mode & MIGRATE_DISCARD) || !file || PageDirty(page))
> >+		ttu_flags |= (TTU_MIGRATION | TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK);
> >+	else
> >+		discard_mode = true;
> >+
> >  	/* Establish migration ptes or remove ptes */
> >-	try_to_unmap(page, TTU_MIGRATION|TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK|TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS);
> >+	rc = try_to_unmap(page, ttu_flags);
> >
> >  skip_unmap:
> >-	if (!page_mapped(page))
> >-		rc = move_to_new_page(newpage, page, remap_swapcache, mode);
> >+	if (rc == SWAP_SUCCESS) {
> >+		if (!discard_mode)
> >+			rc = move_to_new_page(newpage, page,
> >+					remap_swapcache, mode);
> >+		else {
> >+
> >+			rc = discard_page(page);
> >+			goto uncharge;
> >+		}
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> All rights reversed
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/