Re: Implement lookup_swap_cache for migration entries

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Fri Apr 14 2006 - 14:53:26 EST


On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > @@ -305,6 +306,12 @@ struct page * lookup_swap_cache(swp_entr
> > {
> > struct page *page;
> >
> > + if (is_migration_entry(entry)) {
> > + page = migration_entry_to_page(entry);
> > + get_page(page);
> > + return page;
> > + }
>
> What locking ensures that the state of `entry' remains unaltered across the
> is_migration_entry() and migration_entry_to_page() calls?

entry is a variable passed by value to the function.

> > +/*
> > + * Must use a macro for lookup_swap_cache since the functions
> > + * used are only available in certain contexts.
> > + */
> > +#define lookup_swap_cache(__swp) \
> > +({ struct page *p = NULL; \
> > + if (is_migration_entry(__swp)) { \
> > + p = migration_entry_to_page(__swp); \
> > + get_page(p); \
> > + } \
> > + p; \
> > +})
>
> hm. Can nommu do any of this?

If page migration is off (methinks nommu may not support numa) then
the fallback functions are used.

Fallback is

is_migration_entry() == 0

therefore

#define lookup_swap_cache(__swp) NULL

like before.

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