Re: [PATCH] fix can_share_swap_page() when !CONFIG_SWAP

From: Hugh Dickins
Date: Mon May 08 2006 - 08:44:47 EST


On Mon, 8 May 2006, Nick Piggin wrote:
> Hua Zhong wrote:
> >
> >I'm not sure if it's the best fix. Maybe we should rename
> >can_share_swap_page() and move it out of swapfile.c. Comments?
>
> Looks like a good patch, nice catch. You should run it past Hugh but tend to
> agree it would be nice to reuse the out of line can_share_swap_page, which
> would fold beautifully with PageSwapCache a constant 0.

True; but I think Hua's patch is good as is for now, to fix
that inefficiency. I do agree (as you know) that there's scope for
cleanup there, and that that function is badly named; but I'm still
unprepared to embark on the cleanup, so let's just get the fix in.

Hugh
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