linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] rmap: introduce rmap_walk

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Message-ID: <20160203224507.GA22605@black.fi.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 4 Feb 2016 01:45:07 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...two.org>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	Steve Capper <steve.capper@...aro.org>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] rmap: introduce rmap_walk_locked()

On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 02:40:19PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed,  3 Feb 2016 18:14:16 +0300 "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > rmap_walk_locked() is the same as rmap_walk(), but caller takes care
> > about relevant rmap lock. It only supports anonymous pages for now.
> > 
> > It's preparation to switch THP splitting from custom rmap walk in
> > freeze_page()/unfreeze_page() to generic one.
> > 
> > ...
> >
> > +/* Like rmap_walk, but caller holds relevant rmap lock */
> > +int rmap_walk_locked(struct page *page, struct rmap_walk_control *rwc)
> > +{
> > +	/* only for anon pages for now */
> > +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageAnon(page) || PageKsm(page), page);
> > +	return rmap_walk_anon(page, rwc, true);
> > +}
> 
> Should be rmap_walk_anon_locked()?

I leave interface open for further extension for file mappings, once it
will be needed. Interface is mirroring plain rmap_walk()

If you prefer to rename the function, I can do it too.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov