linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -V6 06/14] hugetlb: Simplify migrate_huge

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Date:	Thu, 24 May 2012 14:35:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, mgorman@...e.de,
	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com, dhillf@...il.com,
	aarcange@...hat.com, mhocko@...e.cz, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	hannes@...xchg.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -V6 06/14] hugetlb: Simplify migrate_huge_page

On Mon, 16 Apr 2012, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:

> diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
> index 97cc273..1f092db 100644
> --- a/mm/memory-failure.c
> +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
> @@ -1414,7 +1414,6 @@ static int soft_offline_huge_page(struct page *page, int flags)
>  	int ret;
>  	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
>  	struct page *hpage = compound_head(page);
> -	LIST_HEAD(pagelist);
>  
>  	ret = get_any_page(page, pfn, flags);
>  	if (ret < 0)
> @@ -1429,19 +1428,11 @@ static int soft_offline_huge_page(struct page *page, int flags)
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Keep page count to indicate a given hugepage is isolated. */
> -
> -	list_add(&hpage->lru, &pagelist);
> -	ret = migrate_huge_pages(&pagelist, new_page, MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL, 0,
> -				true);
> +	ret = migrate_huge_page(page, new_page, MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL, 0, true);

Was this tested?  Shouldn't this be migrate_huge_page(compound_head(page), 
...)?
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