linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm:swap: do not check readahead flag with THP anon

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Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 08:29:43 +0900
From:   Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm:swap: do not check readahead flag with THP anon

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 08:26:11AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> Huang reported PG_readahead flag marked PF_NO_COMPOUND so that
> we cannot use the flag for THP page. So, we need to check first
> whether page is THP or not before using TestClearPageReadahead
> in lookup_swap_cache.
> 
> This patch fixes it.
> 
> Furthermore, swap_[cluster|vma]_readahead cannot mark PG_readahead
> for newly allocated page because the allocated page is always a
> normal page, not THP at this moment. So let's clean it up, too.
> 
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
> Cc: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>

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