linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] mm/memory: Add vm_normal

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Message-ID: <Y5JPlRFggaLKQ3F5@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 8 Dec 2022 20:56:53 +0000
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, damon@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        sj@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] mm/memory: Add vm_normal_folio()

On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 12:35:00PM -0800, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote:
> Introduce a wrapper function called vm_normal_folio(). This function
> calls vm_normal_page() and returns the folio of the page found, or null
> if no page is found.
> 
> This function allows callers to get a folio from a pte, which will
> eventually allow them to completely replace their struct page variables
> with struct folio instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>