linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] mm/rmap: factor nonlinear handling out of try_to_unmap

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Message-ID: <1386014950-gms49gpt-mutt-n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com>
Date:	Mon, 02 Dec 2013 15:09:10 -0500
From:	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
To:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] mm/rmap: factor nonlinear handling out of
 try_to_unmap_file()

On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 04:48:39PM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> To merge all kinds of rmap traverse functions, try_to_unmap(),
> try_to_munlock(), page_referenced() and page_mkclean(), we need to
> extract common parts and separate out non-common parts.
> 
> Nonlinear handling is handled just in try_to_unmap_file() and other
> rmap traverse functions doesn't care of it. Therfore it is better
> to factor nonlinear handling out of try_to_unmap_file() in order to
> merge all kinds of rmap traverse functions easily.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>

Reviewed-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
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