linux-kernel - Re: Re: Re: [PATCH v18 01/14] mm/page_ext: Export lookup_page

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Message-ID: <20200713173805.31923-1-sjpark@amazon.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Jul 2020 19:38:05 +0200
From:   SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.com>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: [PATCH v18 01/14] mm/page_ext: Export lookup_page_ext() to GPL modules

On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 20:19:09 +0300 Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 02:21:43PM +0200, SeongJae Park wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:08:42 +0300 Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 10:41:31AM +0200, SeongJae Park wrote:
> > > > From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
> > > > 
> > > > This commit exports 'lookup_page_ext()' to GPL modules.  It will be used
> > > > by DAMON in following commit for the implementation of the region based
> > > > sampling.
> > > 
> > > Maybe I'm missing something, but why is DAMON a module?
> > 
> > I made it loadable just for easier adoption from downstream kernels.  I could
> > drop the module build support if asked.
>  
> Well, exporting core mm symbols to modules should be considred very
> carefully. 

Agreed.  I will drop the module support from the next spin.

> 
> Why lookup_page_ext() is required for DAMON? It is not used anywhere in
> this patchset.

It's indirectly used.  In the 6th patch, DAMON uses 'set_page_young()' to not
interfere with other PTE Accessed bit users.  And, 'set_page_young()' uses
'lookup_page_ext()' if !CONFIG_64BIT.  That's why I exported it.


Thanks,
SeongJae Park