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Message-Id: <20210813081452.34784-1-sjpark@amazon.de>
Date:   Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:14:52 +0000
From:   SeongJae Park <sj38.park@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     SeongJae Park <sj38.park@...il.com>,
         Valdis Klētnieks  <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>,
        "SeongJae Park" <sjpark@...zon.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re:

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

On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:19:21 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 09:42:40 +0000 SeongJae Park <sj38.park@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > > +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.
> 
> How about this?
> 
> --- a/mm/Kconfig~mm-idle_page_tracking-make-pg_idle-reusable-fix-fix
> +++ a/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 adds PG_idle and PG_young flags to 'struct page'.  PTE Accessed
> +	  bit writers can set the state of the bit in the flags so that PTE
> +	  Accessed bit readers may avoid disturbance.
>  
>  config IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING
>  	bool "Enable idle page tracking"

So good, thank you!

> 
> Also, is there any way in which we can avoid presenting this option to
> the user?  Because most users will have real trouble understanding what
> this thing is for.  Can we simply select it when needed, as dictated by
> other, higher-level config options?

I believe this is the right way to go!  I sent a patch for removing the prompt
of this option:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20210813081238.34705-1-sj38.park@gmail.com/


Thanks,
SeongJae Park