linux-kernel - Re: [patch 17/21] non-reclaimable mlocked pages

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Date:	Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:47:44 -0500
From:	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>
To:	minchan Kim <barrioskmc@...il.com>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [patch 17/21] non-reclaimable mlocked pages

On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 13:55 +0900, minchan Kim wrote:
>         Index: linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/mm/page_alloc.c
>         ===================================================================
>         --- linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1.orig/mm/page_alloc.c   2008-02-28
>         12:47:36.000000000 -0500
>         +++ linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/mm/page_alloc.c        2008-02-28
>         12:49:02.000000000 -0500
>         @@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ static void bad_page(struct page *page)
>                                1 << PG_swapcache |
>                                1 << PG_writeback |
>                                1 << PG_swapbacked |
>         +                       1 << PG_mlocked |
>                                1 << PG_buddy );
>                set_page_count(page, 0);
>                reset_page_mapcount(page);
>  
> It would be compile error unless CONFIG_NORECLAIM_MLOCK is defined.  
> 
> 
>         
>         @@ -656,7 +662,9 @@ static int prep_new_page(struct page *pa
>         
>                page->flags &= ~(1 << PG_uptodate | 1 << PG_error | 1
>         << PG_readahead |
>                                1 << PG_referenced | 1 << PG_arch_1 |
>         -                       1 << PG_owner_priv_1 | 1 <<
>         PG_mappedtodisk);
>         +                       1 << PG_owner_priv_1 | 1 <<
>         PG_mappedtodisk |
>         +//TODO take care of it here, for now.
>         +                       1 << PG_mlocked );
>                set_page_private(page, 0);
>                set_page_refcounted(page);
>  
> ditto 

Well, it will be a compile error for 32-bit systems, so we need to fix
it.   PG_mlocked is unconditionally defined/reserved when (BITS_PER_LONG
> 32).

Thanks,
Lee
> 

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