linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 02/28] rmap: introduce rmap_walk

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Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:52:08 -0800
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.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>,
	Yang Shi <yang.shi@...aro.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 02/28] rmap: introduce rmap_walk_locked()

"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com> writes:

> rmap_walk_locked() is the same as rmap_walk(), but caller takes care
> about relevant rmap lock.
>
> It's preparation to switch THP splitting from custom rmap walk in
> freeze_page()/unfreeze_page() to generic one.

Would be better to move all locking into the callers, with an
appropiate helper for users who don't want to deal with it.
Conditional locking based on flags is always tricky.

-Andi

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