linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] mm: support madvise(MADV

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Date:	Fri, 16 May 2014 22:38:00 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Jason Evans <je@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] mm: support madvise(MADV_FREE)

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 03:34:27PM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > > +static inline unsigned long lazyfree_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> > > +				struct vm_area_struct *vma, pud_t *pud,
> > > +				unsigned long addr, unsigned long end)
> > > +{
> > > +	pmd_t *pmd;
> > > +	unsigned long next;
> > > +
> > > +	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
> > > +	do {
> > > +		next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
> > > +		if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd))
> > > +			split_huge_page_pmd(vma, addr, pmd);
> > 
> > /* XXX */ as well? :)
> 
> You meant huge page unit lazyfree rather than 4K page unit?
> If so, I will add.

Please, free huge page if range cover it. 

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
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