Re: [RFC 2/3] mm: Add a new page flag PageLayzyFree() for MADV_FREE
From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Fri Feb 28 2020 - 01:13:45 EST
> Am 28.02.2020 um 04:38 schrieb Huang, Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>:
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> ïFrom: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Now !PageSwapBacked() is used as the flag for the pages freed lazily
> via MADV_FREE. This isn't obvious enough. So Dave suggested to add a
> new page flag for that to improve the code readability.
This patch subject and description is *really* confusing. Youâre adding a helper function, not a page flag. Itâs a fairly easy refactoring.
(Adding new page flags is close to impossible).
Cheers!