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

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Message-ID: <AANLkTin9RhCSf4YO2KYujV7T3W7D3vuecmGOq7XvFQGn@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:39:39 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
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 Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie> wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, Mel.
Will fix.


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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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