Re: [PATCHv2 02/28] rmap: introduce rmap_walk_locked()

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Tue Feb 16 2016 - 04:36:26 EST


On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:52:08AM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > rmap_walk_locked() is the same as rmap_walk(), but caller takes care
> > about relevant rmap lock.
> >
> > It's preparation to switch THP splitting from custom rmap walk in
> > freeze_page()/unfreeze_page() to generic one.
>
> Would be better to move all locking into the callers, with an
> appropiate helper for users who don't want to deal with it.
> Conditional locking based on flags is always tricky.

Hm. That's kinda tricky for rmap_walk_ksm()..

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Kirill A. Shutemov