linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] mm/migration: remove unneeded lock page and PageMovable check

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Message-ID: <YlQ2tb6U5+pn3Sgn@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 11 Apr 2022 07:09:57 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] mm/migration: remove unneeded lock page and
 PageMovable check

On Sat, Apr 09, 2022 at 03:38:44PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> When non-lru movable page was freed from under us, __ClearPageMovable must
> have been done. Even if it's not done, ClearPageIsolated here won't hurt
> as page will be freed anyway. So we can thus remove unneeded lock page and
> PageMovable check here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>

Looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>