linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] mm: introduce fault

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Message-ID: <20151119113618.GN3816@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:36:18 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...two.org>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] mm: introduce fault_env

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 01:25:29AM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> The idea borrowed from Peter's patch from patchset on speculative page
> faults[1]:
> 
> Instead of passing around the endless list of function arguments,
> replace the lot with a single structure so we can change context
> without endless function signature changes.
> 
> The changes are mostly mechanical with exception of faultaround code:
> filemap_map_pages() got reworked a bit.
> 
> This patch is preparation for the next one.
> 
> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141020222841.302891540@infradead.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>

Thanks for doing that!

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
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