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Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:42:37 -0700
From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>
To: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
Robert Love <rlove@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>,
Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>,
Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
Mike Hommey <mh@...ndium.org>, Taras Glek <tglek@...illa.com>,
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Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] vrange: Add purged page detection on setting memory non-volatile
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:17 PM, John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org> wrote:
> Users of volatile ranges will need to know if memory was discarded.
> This patch adds the purged state tracking required to inform userland
> when it marks memory as non-volatile that some memory in that range
> was purged and needs to be regenerated.
>
> This simplified implementation which uses some of the logic from
> Minchan's earlier efforts, so credit to Minchan for his work.
>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Cc: Robert Love <rlove@...gle.com>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
> Cc: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>
> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
> Cc: Mike Hommey <mh@...ndium.org>
> Cc: Taras Glek <tglek@...illa.com>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>
> Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org <linux-mm@...ck.org>
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
> ---
> include/linux/swap.h | 15 ++++++++--
> include/linux/swapops.h | 10 +++++++
> include/linux/vrange.h | 3 ++
> mm/vrange.c | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
> index 46ba0c6..18c12f9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/swap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/swap.h
> @@ -70,8 +70,19 @@ static inline int current_is_kswapd(void)
> #define SWP_HWPOISON_NUM 0
> #endif
>
> -#define MAX_SWAPFILES \
> - ((1 << MAX_SWAPFILES_SHIFT) - SWP_MIGRATION_NUM - SWP_HWPOISON_NUM)
> +
> +/*
> + * Purged volatile range pages
> + */
> +#define SWP_VRANGE_PURGED_NUM 1
> +#define SWP_VRANGE_PURGED (MAX_SWAPFILES + SWP_HWPOISON_NUM + SWP_MIGRATION_NUM)
> +
> +
> +#define MAX_SWAPFILES ((1 << MAX_SWAPFILES_SHIFT) \
> + - SWP_MIGRATION_NUM \
> + - SWP_HWPOISON_NUM \
> + - SWP_VRANGE_PURGED_NUM \
> + )
This change hwpoison and migration tag number. maybe ok, maybe not.
I'd suggest to use younger number than hwpoison.
(That's why hwpoison uses younger number than migration)
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