linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 11/33] mm/lru: Add folio LRU functions

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Message-ID: <20210628124050.6xa7m6n362hst2op@box.shutemov.name>
Date:   Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:40:50 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 11/33] mm/lru: Add folio LRU functions

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 12:40:56PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> Handle arbitrary-order folios being added to the LRU.  By definition,
> all pages being added to the LRU were already head or base pages,
> so define page wrappers around folio functions where the original
> page functions involved calling compound_head() to manipulate flags,
> but define folio wrappers around page functions where there's no need to
> call compound_head().  The one thing that does change for those functions
> is calling compound_nr() instead of thp_nr_pages(), in order to handle
> arbitrary-sized folios.
> 
> Saves 783 bytes of kernel text; no functions grow.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
> Reviewed-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov