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Date:   Thu, 12 Aug 2021 09:42:40 +0000
From:   SeongJae Park <sj38.park@...il.com>
To:     "Valdis Klētnieks" <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>
Cc:     SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re:

From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>

Hello Valdis,

On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 05:21:57 -0400 "Valdis =?utf-8?Q?Kl=c4=93tnieks?=" <valdis.kletnieks@...edu> wrote:

> In this commit:
> 
> commit fedc37448fb1be5d03e420ca7791d4286893d5ec
> Author: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
> Date:   Tue Aug 10 16:55:51 2021 +1000
> 
>     mm/idle_page_tracking: make PG_idle reusable
> 
> diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
> index 504336de9a1e..d0b85dc12429 100644
> --- a/mm/Kconfig
> +++ b/mm/Kconfig
> @@ -739,10 +739,18 @@ config DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
>           lifetime of the system until these kthreads finish the
>           initialisation.
> 
> +config PAGE_IDLE_FLAG
> +       bool "Add PG_idle and PG_young flags"
> +       help
> +         This feature adds PG_idle and PG_young flags in 'struct page'.  PTE
> +         Accessed bit writers can set the state of the bit in the flags to let
> +         other PTE Accessed bit readers don't disturbed.
> 
> This needs to be converted to proper, or at least comprehensible, English....

Thank you for the comment.

How about below?

--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -743,9 +743,9 @@ config PAGE_IDLE_FLAG
        bool "Add PG_idle and PG_young flags"
        select PAGE_EXTENSION if !64BIT
        help
-         This feature adds PG_idle and PG_young flags in 'struct page'.  PTE
-         Accessed bit writers can set the state of the bit in the flags to let
-         other PTE Accessed bit readers don't disturbed.
+         This feature adds 'PG_idle' and 'PG_young' flags in 'struct page'.
+         PTE Accessed bit writers can save the state of the bit in the flags
+         to let other PTE Accessed bit readers don't get disturbed.


Thanks,
SeongJae Park