linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v20 04/20] mm/thp: use head for head page in lru_add_page

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Date:   Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:50:47 -0400
From:   Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:     Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mgorman@...hsingularity.net,
        tj@...nel.org, hughd@...gle.com, khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru,
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        kirill@...temov.name, alexander.duyck@...il.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v20 04/20] mm/thp: use head for head page in
 lru_add_page_tail

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 06:44:49PM +0800, Alex Shi wrote:
> Since the first parameter is only used by head page, it's better to make
> it explicit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  mm/huge_memory.c | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index 038db815ebba..93c0b73eb8c6 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -2346,19 +2346,19 @@ static void remap_page(struct page *page, unsigned int nr)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -static void lru_add_page_tail(struct page *page, struct page *page_tail,
> +static void lru_add_page_tail(struct page *head, struct page *page_tail,

It may be better to pick either
	head and tail
or
	page_head and page_tail

?