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

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:36:14 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
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()

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:52:08AM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> "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.

Hm. That's kinda tricky for rmap_walk_ksm()..

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov