linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: add fields for compound destructor and order into struct page

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Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:20:27 +0200
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	cl@...ux.com, jmarchan@...hat.com, aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	dave.hansen@...el.com, aarcange@...hat.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: add fields for compound destructor and order into struct page

Currently, we use lru.next/lru.prev plus cast to access or set
destructor and order of compound page.

Let's replace it with explicit fields in struct page.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/mm.h       | 9 ++++-----
 include/linux/mm_types.h | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 5bfd9b9756fa..a8de6fe11d0a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -525,29 +525,28 @@ int split_free_page(struct page *page);
  * prototype for that function and accessor functions.
  * These are _only_ valid on the head of a PG_compound page.
  */
-typedef void compound_page_dtor(struct page *);
 
 static inline void set_compound_page_dtor(struct page *page,
 						compound_page_dtor *dtor)
 {
-	page[1].lru.next = (void *)dtor;
+	page[1].compound_dtor = dtor;
 }
 
 static inline compound_page_dtor *get_compound_page_dtor(struct page *page)
 {
-	return (compound_page_dtor *)page[1].lru.next;
+	return page[1].compound_dtor;
 }
 
 static inline int compound_order(struct page *page)
 {
 	if (!PageHead(page))
 		return 0;
-	return (unsigned long)page[1].lru.prev;
+	return page[1].compound_order;
 }
 
 static inline void set_compound_order(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
 {
-	page[1].lru.prev = (void *)order;
+	page[1].compound_order = order;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 03945eef1350..cbc71f32a53c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ struct mem_cgroup;
 		IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK))
 #define ALLOC_SPLIT_PTLOCKS	(SPINLOCK_SIZE > BITS_PER_LONG/8)
 
+typedef void compound_page_dtor(struct page *);
+
 /*
  * Each physical page in the system has a struct page associated with
  * it to keep track of whatever it is we are using the page for at the
@@ -131,6 +133,12 @@ struct page {
 		struct rcu_head rcu_head;	/* Used by SLAB
 						 * when destroying via RCU
 						 */
+		/* First tail page of compound page */
+		struct {
+			compound_page_dtor *compound_dtor;
+			unsigned long compound_order;
+		};
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && USE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS
 		pgtable_t pmd_huge_pte; /* protected by page->ptl */
 #endif
-- 
2.1.3

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