linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2, RFC 16/30] thp: handle file pages in split_huge

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Date:	Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:26:56 +0200 (EET)
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
Cc:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2, RFC 16/30] thp: handle file pages in split_huge_page()

Hillf Danton wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov
> <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > -int split_huge_page(struct page *page)
> > +static int split_anon_huge_page(struct page *page)
> >  {
> >         struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
> >         int ret = 1;
> >
> > -       BUG_ON(is_huge_zero_pfn(page_to_pfn(page)));
> > -       BUG_ON(!PageAnon(page));
> > -
> deleted, why?

split_anon_huge_page() should only be called from split_huge_page().
Probably I could bring it back, but it's kinda redundant.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
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