linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] mm: move mm_populate()-related code to mm/gup.c

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1502111158360.9656@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:00:02 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] mm: move mm_populate()-related code to mm/gup.c

On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:

> It's odd that we have populate_vma_page_range() and __mm_populate() in
> mm/mlock.c. It's implementation of generic memory population and
> mlocking is one of possible side effect, if VM_LOCKED is set.
> 
> __get_user_pages() is core of the implementation. Let's move the code
> mm/gup.c.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

Nice cleanup!
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