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

From: Shi, Yang
Date: Fri Apr 29 2016 - 14:09:44 EST


On 4/22/2016 2:48 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 03:56:07PM -0700, Shi, Yang wrote:
On 4/21/2016 12:30 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
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?

Sorry, I don't quite understand you. Do you mean pte_* functions?

See handle_pte_fault(), we do the same for pte there what
huge_pmd_set_accessed() does for pmd.

Thanks for directing to this code.


I think we should be consistent here: either both are abstructed into
functions or both open-coded.

I'm supposed functions sound better. However, do_wp_page has to be called with pte lock acquired. So, the abstracted function has to call it.

Thanks,
Yang