linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/2] new API to allocate buffer-cache for superblock in non-movable area

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:30:05 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Gioh Kim <gioh.kim@....com>
Cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] new API to allocate buffer-cache for superblock in
 non-movable area

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 02:18:47PM +0900, Gioh Kim wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This patch try to solve problem that a long-lasting page cache of
> ext4 superblock disturbs page migration.
> 
> I've been testing CMA feature on my ARM-based platform
> and found some pages for page caches cannot be migrated.
> Some of them are page caches of superblock of ext4 filesystem.
> 
> Current ext4 reads superblock with sb_bread(). sb_bread() allocates page
> from movable area. But the problem is that ext4 hold the page until
> it is unmounted. If root filesystem is ext4 the page cannot be migrated forever.
> 
> I introduce a new API for allocating page from non-movable area.
> It is useful for ext4 and others that want to hold page cache for a long time.

There's no word on why you can't teach ext4 to still migrate that page.
For all I know it might be impossible, but at least mention why.
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