linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 03/12] mm: balloon: use general non-lru movable page feature

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Date:	Mon, 30 May 2016 14:16:28 +0200
From:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>,
	Gioh Kim <gi-oh.kim@...fitbricks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 03/12] mm: balloon: use general non-lru movable page
 feature

On 05/20/2016 04:23 PM, Minchan Kim wrote:
> Now, VM has a feature to migrate non-lru movable pages so
> balloon doesn't need custom migration hooks in migrate.c
> and compaction.c. Instead, this patch implements
> page->mapping->a_ops->{isolate|migrate|putback} functions.
>
> With that, we could remove hooks for ballooning in general
> migration functions and make balloon compaction simple.
>
> Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
> Cc: Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>
> Cc: Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gioh Kim <gi-oh.kim@...fitbricks.com>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>

Except for the inode/pseudofs stuff which I'm not familiar with,

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>