linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] mm: add vm_insert_mixed

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jul 2017 12:02:19 -0600
From:   Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
        Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] mm: add vm_insert_mixed_mkwrite()

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 09:59:22AM -0600, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 11:26:16AM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote:
<>
> > Hi Ross,
> > 
> > vm_insert_mixed_mkwrite() is same as vm_insert_mixed() except this sets
> > write parameter to inser_pfn() true. Will it make sense to just add
> > mkwrite parameter to vm_insert_mixed() and not add a new helper function.
> > (like insert_pfn()).
> > 
> > Vivek
> 
> Yep, this is how my initial implementation worked:
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/6/7/907
> 
> vm_insert_mixed_mkwrite() was the new version that took an extra parameter,
> and vm_insert_mixed() stuck around as a wrapper that supplied a default value
> for the new parameter, so existing call sites didn't need to change and didn't
> need to worry about the new parameter, but so that we didn't duplicate any
> code.
> 
> I changed this to the way that it currently works based on Dan's feedback in
> that same mail thread.

Looking at this again, I agree that duplicating vm_insert_mixed() seems
undesirable.  For v4 I'll add the flag to vm_insert_mixed() and just update
all the call sites instead of adding a separate wrapper for the mkwrite case,
which will fix this duplication and address Dan's naming concerns.

Thanks for the review feedback.