linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] mm: introduce page memcg flags

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Date:   Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:44:57 -0700
From:   Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>
To:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] mm: introduce page memcg flags

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 12:29 PM Roman Gushchin <guro@...com> wrote:
>
> The lowest bit in page->memcg_data is used to distinguish between
> struct memory_cgroup pointer and a pointer to a objcgs array.
> All checks and modifications of this bit are open-coded.
>
> Let's formalize it using page memcg flags, defined in page_memcg_flags
> enum, and replace all open-coded accesses with test_bit()/__set_bit().
>
> Additional flags might be added later.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>

Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>