linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm/page_owner: don't define fields on struct page

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Message-ID: <d6b6e7f3-4fc7-a604-3c40-d5c6d6e1b44e@suse.cz>
Date:	Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:01:07 +0200
From:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:	js1304@...il.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm/page_owner: don't define fields on struct page_ext
 by hard-coding

On 08/10/2016 08:16 AM, js1304@...il.com wrote:
> From: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
>
> There is a memory waste problem if we define field on struct page_ext
> by hard-coding. Entry size of struct page_ext includes the size of
> those fields even if it is disabled at runtime. Now, extra memory request
> at runtime is possible so page_owner don't need to define it's own fields
> by hard-coding.
>
> This patch removes hard-coded define and uses extra memory for storing
> page_owner information in page_owner. Most of code are just mechanical
> changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>

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