linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/2] mm: Export split

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Date:	Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:28:42 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
CC:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
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	"andi@...stfloor.org" <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
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	"yinghan@...gle.com" <yinghan@...gle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] mm: Export split_page()



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michal Hocko [mailto:mhocko@...e.cz]
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 7:04 AM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> devel@...uxdriverproject.org; olaf@...fle.de; apw@...onical.com;
> andi@...stfloor.org; akpm@...ux-foundation.org; linux-mm@...ck.org;
> kamezawa.hiroyuki@...il.com; hannes@...xchg.org; yinghan@...gle.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: Export split_page()
> 
> On Sat 16-03-13 14:42:04, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > The split_page() function will be very useful for balloon drivers. On Hyper-V,
> > it will be very efficient to use 2M allocations in the guest as this (a) makes
> > the ballooning protocol with the host that much more efficient and (b) moving
> > memory in 2M chunks minimizes fragmentation in the host. Export the
> split_page()
> > function to let the guest allocations be in 2M chunks while the host is free to
> > return this memory at arbitrary granularity.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> 
> I do not have any objections to exporting the symbol (at least we
> prevent drivers code from inventing their own split_page) but the
> Hyper-V specific description should go into Hyper-V patch IMO.
> 
> So for the export with a short note that the symbol will be used by
> Hyper-V

Will do.

K. Y
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
> 
> > ---
> >  mm/page_alloc.c |    1 +
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> > index 6cacfee..7e0ead6 100644
> > --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> > +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> > @@ -1404,6 +1404,7 @@ void split_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
> >  	for (i = 1; i < (1 << order); i++)
> >  		set_page_refcounted(page + i);
> >  }
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(split_page);
> >
> >  static int __isolate_free_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
> >  {
> > --
> > 1.7.4.1
> >
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> --
> Michal Hocko
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> 


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