linux-kernel - [PATCH 22 of 66] clear page compound

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Date:	Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:27:57 +0100
From:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
To:	linux-mm@...ck.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>, Adam Litke <agl@...ibm.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Mike Travis <travis@....com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>, bpicco@...hat.com,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: [PATCH 22 of 66] clear page compound

From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>

split_huge_page must transform a compound page to a regular page and needs
ClearPageCompound.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
---

diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static inline void set_page_writeback(st
  * tests can be used in performance sensitive paths. PageCompound is
  * generally not used in hot code paths.
  */
-__PAGEFLAG(Head, head)
+__PAGEFLAG(Head, head) CLEARPAGEFLAG(Head, head)
 __PAGEFLAG(Tail, tail)
 
 static inline int PageCompound(struct page *page)
@@ -355,6 +355,13 @@ static inline int PageCompound(struct pa
 	return page->flags & ((1L << PG_head) | (1L << PG_tail));
 
 }
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+static inline void ClearPageCompound(struct page *page)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!PageHead(page));
+	ClearPageHead(page);
+}
+#endif
 #else
 /*
  * Reduce page flag use as much as possible by overlapping
@@ -392,6 +399,14 @@ static inline void __ClearPageTail(struc
 	page->flags &= ~PG_head_tail_mask;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+static inline void ClearPageCompound(struct page *page)
+{
+	BUG_ON((page->flags & PG_head_tail_mask) != (1 << PG_compound));
+	clear_bit(PG_compound, &page->flags);
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* !PAGEFLAGS_EXTENDED */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
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