linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm,page_owner: Fix refcount imbalance

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Message-ID: <c3e8dfbceedbfa95a2eeeeef6921d447@suse.de>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:55:56 +0100
From: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Marco Elver
 <elver@...gle.com>, Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>, Alexander
 Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm,page_owner: Fix refcount imbalance

On 2024-03-15 14:21, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> The stackdepot guys probably won't be thrilled about this addition to
> stack_record. Can't we instead make the refcount itself reflect the 
> number
> of base pages?

Yes, we can. I already have a patch doing that, much simpler and much 
shorter.

I will send it out later today.

Thanks!

-- 
Oscar Salvador
SUSE Labs