linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] mm: Introduce wrappers to access mm->nr

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Message-ID: <20171006095639.7zrc5s7vv6syukb4@node.shutemov.name>
Date:   Fri, 6 Oct 2017 12:56:39 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] mm: Introduce wrappers to access mm->nr_ptes

On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 10:50:38AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Thu 05-10-17 13:14:41, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > Let's add wrappers for ->nr_ptes with the same interface as for nr_pmd
> > and nr_pud.
> > 
> > It's preparation for consolidation of page-table counters in mm_struct.
> 
> You are also making the accounting dependent on MMU which is OK because
> no nommu arch really accounts page tables if there is anything like that
> at all on those archs but it should be mentioned in the changelog.

Okay, I'll update change log.

> > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

Thanks.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov