linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/4] mm: filemap: pass __GFP_WRITE from grab_cache_page_write

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Message-ID: <4E78DE27.1030906@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:40:39 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Johannes Weiner <jweiner@...hat.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, xfs@....sgi.com,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 3/4] mm: filemap: pass __GFP_WRITE from grab_cache_page_write_begin()

On 09/20/2011 09:45 AM, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Tell the page allocator that pages allocated through
> grab_cache_page_write_begin() are expected to become dirty soon.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner<jweiner@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel<riel@...hat.com>

The missing codepaths pointed out by Christoph either
create new anonymous pages, or mark ptes pointing at
existing page cache pages writeable.

Either way, those should not need __GFP_WRITE.

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