linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 3/5] tlbfs: Remove unnecessary page release

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Message-ID: <20110106095647.GC29257@csn.ul.ie>
Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:56:47 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	William Irwin <wli@...omorphy.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/5] tlbfs: Remove unnecessary page release

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 02:13:38AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> This patch series changes remove_from_page_cache's page ref counting
> rule. page cache ref count is decreased in remove_from_page_cache.
> So we don't need call again in caller context.
> 
> Cc: William Irwin <wli@...omorphy.com>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>

Other than the subject calling hugetlbfs tlbfs, I did not see any problem
with this assuming the first patch of the series is also applied.

-- 
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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