Re: [PATCH 03/10] mm/migrate: separate PageHighMem() and PageHighMemZone() use case

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Apr 22 2020 - 03:44:32 EST


On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 04:59:35PM +0900, js1304@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
>
> Until now, PageHighMem() is used for two different cases. One is to check
> if there is a direct mapping for this page or not. The other is to check
> the zone of this page, that is, weather it is the highmem type zone or not.
>
> Now, we have separate functions, PageHighMem() and PageHighMemZone() for
> each cases. Use appropriate one.
>
> Note that there are some rules to determine the proper macro.
>
> 1. If PageHighMem() is called for checking if the direct mapping exists
> or not, use PageHighMem().
> 2. If PageHighMem() is used to predict the previous gfp_flags for
> this page, use PageHighMemZone(). The zone of the page is related to
> the gfp_flags.
> 3. If purpose of calling PageHighMem() is to count highmem page and
> to interact with the system by using this count, use PageHighMemZone().
> This counter is usually used to calculate the available memory for an
> kernel allocation and pages on the highmem zone cannot be available
> for an kernel allocation.
> 4. Otherwise, use PageHighMemZone(). It's safe since it's implementation
> is just copy of the previous PageHighMem() implementation and won't
> be changed.
>
> I apply the rule #2 for this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/migrate.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
> index 3e546cb..9a57766 100644
> --- a/include/linux/migrate.h
> +++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
> @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static inline struct page *new_page_nodemask(struct page *page,
> order = HPAGE_PMD_ORDER;
> }
>
> - if (PageHighMem(page) || (zone_idx(page_zone(page)) == ZONE_MOVABLE))
> + if (PageHighMemZone(page) || zone_idx(page_zone(page)) == ZONE_MOVABLE)
> gfp_mask |= __GFP_HIGHMEM;

I think this would be much cleaner if you open coded PageHighMemZone
here.

E.g.

int zone = page_zone(page);

if (is_highmem_idx(zone) || zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_MOVABLE)