linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/7] break out mapping "freepage" code

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Date:	Tue, 14 May 2013 16:26:35 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/7] break out mapping "freepage" code

On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 02:20:00PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> __remove_mapping() only deals with pages with mappings, meaning
> page cache and swap cache.
> 
> At this point, the page has been removed from the mapping's radix
> tree, and we need to ensure that any fs-specific (or swap-
> specific) resources are freed up.
> 
> We will be using this function from a second location in a
> following patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>

I used up all my complaining about naming beans in the last patch and do
not have a better suggestion for the new helper so ...

Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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