linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH rfc 00/18] mm: convert to use folio mm counter

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Message-ID: <61c0f155-1cdd-4865-b047-88fbdc661ac3@huawei.com>
Date:   Sat, 4 Nov 2023 11:58:55 +0800
From:   Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
CC:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH rfc 00/18] mm: convert to use folio mm counter



On 2023/11/3 22:30, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 10:01:01PM +0800, Kefeng Wang wrote:
>> Convert mm counter page functions to folio ones.
>>
>>    mm_counter()       ->	mm_counter_folio()
>>    mm_counter_file()  ->	mm_counter_file_folio()
>>
>> Maybe it's better to rename folio mm counter function back to mm_counter()
>> and mm_counter_file() after all conversion?
> 
> I deliberately didn't do this because it's mostly churn.
> Once all callers of mm_counter() and mm_counter_file() have been
> converted to use folios, we can do one big patch to convert all
> callers to pass a folio instead of a page.
> 
I re-order the patches as you say, please help to check v2, thanks.