linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/7] swap: Change remove_from_page

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Date:	Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:32:46 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] swap: Change remove_from_page_cache

This patch series changes remove_from_page_cache's page ref counting
rule. Page cache ref count is decreased in delete_from_page_cache.
So we don't need decreasing page reference by caller.

Cc:Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
---
 mm/shmem.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index fa9acc9..079cced 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ static int shmem_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	shmem_recalc_inode(inode);
 
 	if (swap.val && add_to_swap_cache(page, swap, GFP_ATOMIC) == 0) {
-		remove_from_page_cache(page);
+		delete_from_page_cache(page);
 		shmem_swp_set(info, entry, swap.val);
 		shmem_swp_unmap(entry);
 		if (list_empty(&info->swaplist))
@@ -1091,7 +1091,6 @@ static int shmem_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		spin_unlock(&info->lock);
 		swap_shmem_alloc(swap);
 		BUG_ON(page_mapped(page));
-		page_cache_release(page);	/* pagecache ref */
 		swap_writepage(page, wbc);
 		if (inode) {
 			mutex_lock(&shmem_swaplist_mutex);
-- 
1.7.0.4

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