Re: [PATCH] mm: move huge_pmd_set_accessed out of huge_memory.c

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Thu Apr 21 2016 - 03:31:04 EST


On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 02:00:11PM -0700, Shi, Yang wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I didn't realize pmd_* functions are protected by
> CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE on the most architectures before I made this
> change.
>
> Before I fix all the affected architectures code, I want to check if you
> guys think this change is worth or not?
>
> Thanks,
> Yang
>
> On 4/20/2016 11:24 AM, Yang Shi wrote:
> >huge_pmd_set_accessed is only called by __handle_mm_fault from memory.c,
> >move the definition to memory.c and make it static like create_huge_pmd and
> >wp_huge_pmd.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@xxxxxxxxxx>

On pte side we have the same functionality open-coded. Should we do the
same for pmd? Or change pte side the same way?

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Kirill A. Shutemov