linux-kernel - [PATCHv3 09/41] page-flags: relax page flag policy for few flags

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Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:54:51 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCHv3 09/41] page-flags: relax page flag policy for few flags

These flags are in use for filesystems with backing storage: PG_error,
PG_writeback and PG_readahead.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/page-flags.h | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 74e4dda91238..a2bef9a41bcf 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static inline int TestClearPage##uname(struct page *page) { return 0; }
 	TESTSETFLAG_FALSE(uname) TESTCLEARFLAG_FALSE(uname)
 
 __PAGEFLAG(Locked, locked, PF_NO_TAIL)
-PAGEFLAG(Error, error, PF_NO_COMPOUND) TESTCLEARFLAG(Error, error, PF_NO_COMPOUND)
+PAGEFLAG(Error, error, PF_NO_TAIL) TESTCLEARFLAG(Error, error, PF_NO_TAIL)
 PAGEFLAG(Referenced, referenced, PF_HEAD)
 	TESTCLEARFLAG(Referenced, referenced, PF_HEAD)
 	__SETPAGEFLAG(Referenced, referenced, PF_HEAD)
@@ -293,15 +293,15 @@ PAGEFLAG(OwnerPriv1, owner_priv_1, PF_ANY)
  * Only test-and-set exist for PG_writeback.  The unconditional operators are
  * risky: they bypass page accounting.
  */
-TESTPAGEFLAG(Writeback, writeback, PF_NO_COMPOUND)
-	TESTSCFLAG(Writeback, writeback, PF_NO_COMPOUND)
+TESTPAGEFLAG(Writeback, writeback, PF_NO_TAIL)
+	TESTSCFLAG(Writeback, writeback, PF_NO_TAIL)
 PAGEFLAG(MappedToDisk, mappedtodisk, PF_NO_TAIL)
 
 /* PG_readahead is only used for reads; PG_reclaim is only for writes */
 PAGEFLAG(Reclaim, reclaim, PF_NO_TAIL)
 	TESTCLEARFLAG(Reclaim, reclaim, PF_NO_TAIL)
-PAGEFLAG(Readahead, reclaim, PF_NO_COMPOUND)
-	TESTCLEARFLAG(Readahead, reclaim, PF_NO_COMPOUND)
+PAGEFLAG(Readahead, reclaim, PF_NO_TAIL)
+	TESTCLEARFLAG(Readahead, reclaim, PF_NO_TAIL)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 /*
-- 
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