linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] mm: hwpoison: adjust for new thp refcounting

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Date:	Fri, 6 Nov 2015 01:31:49 -0500
From:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
To:	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <nao.horiguchi@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] mm: hwpoison: adjust for new thp refcounting

On 11/06/2015 01:11 AM, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> In the new refcounting, we no longer use tail->_mapcount to keep tail's
> refcount, and thereby we can simplify get_hwpoison_page() and remove
> put_hwpoison_page() (by replacing with put_page()).

This is confusing for the reader (and some static analysis tools): this adds
put_page()s without corresponding get_page()s.

Could we instead macro put_hwpoison_page() as put_page() for the sake of readability?


Thanks,
Sasha
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