linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v7 1/5] mm: add a signature in struct page

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Message-ID: <CAFnufp2jGRsr9jexBLFRZfJu9AwGO0ghzExT1R4bJdscwHqSnQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 5 Jun 2021 00:59:50 +0200
From:   Matteo Croce <mcroce@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 1/5] mm: add a signature in struct page

On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 9:08 PM Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 08:33:45PM +0200, Matteo Croce wrote:
> > @@ -130,7 +137,10 @@ struct page {
> >                       };
> >               };
> >               struct {        /* Tail pages of compound page */
> > -                     unsigned long compound_head;    /* Bit zero is set */
> > +                     /* Bit zero is set
> > +                      * Bit one if pfmemalloc page
> > +                      */
> > +                     unsigned long compound_head;
>
> I would drop this hunk.  Bit 1 is not used for this purpose in tail
> pages; it's used for that purpose in head and base pages.
>
> I suppose we could do something like ...
>
>  static inline void set_page_pfmemalloc(struct page *page)
>  {
> -       page->index = -1UL;
> +       page->lru.next = (void *)2;
>  }
>
> if it's causing confusion.
>

If you prefer, ok for me.
Why not "(void *)BIT(1)"? Just to remark that it's a single bit and
not a magic like value?

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