linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] include linux/pagemap.h in asm-generic/tlb.h

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Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:34:24 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] include linux/pagemap.h in asm-generic/tlb.h

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:15:33 -0400 Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com> wrote:

> > So I think a better fix would be better, but I'm not able to suggest what,
> > as there is little detail about the failure here and I can find no mention
> > of page_cache_release and release_pages in asm-generic/tlb.h.  Presumably
> > they're getting pulled in via some macro and then instantiated in some
> > inline function or something?
> 
> Yes, it's straightforward - 
> 
> tlb.h:
> 
> static inline void
> tlb_flush_mmu(struct mmu_gather *tlb, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> {
> 	...
> 		free_pages_and_swap_cache(tlb->pages, tlb->nr);
> 	...
> }
> 
> swap.h:
> #define free_pages_and_swap_cache(pages, nr) \
> 	release_pages((pages), (nr), 0);

Oh that damn thing again.  It's a regular source of include breakage.

I suppose we could just uninline tlb_flush_mmu().
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