linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3, RFC 31/34] thp: initial implementation of do_huge_linear

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Date:	Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:42:15 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	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>,
	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3, RFC 31/34] thp: initial implementation of do_huge_linear_fault()

On 04/18/2013 09:38 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Dave Hansen wrote:
>> On 04/18/2013 09:09 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>>> Dave Hansen wrote:
>>>> On 04/17/2013 07:38 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>>>> Are you still sure you can't do _any_ better than a verbatim copy of 129
>>>> lines?
>>>
>>> It seems I was too lazy. Shame on me. :(
>>> Here's consolidated version. Only build tested. Does it look better?
>>
>> Yeah, it's definitely a step in the right direction.  There rae
>> definitely some bugs in there like:
>>
>> +	unsigned long haddr = address & PAGE_MASK;
> 
> It's not bug. It's bad name for the variable.
> See, first 'if (try_huge_pages)'. I update it there for huge page case.
> 
> addr_aligned better?

That's a criminally bad name. :)

addr_aligned is better, and also please initialize the two cases
together.  It's mean to separate them.


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