Re: [PATCH v20 04/20] mm/thp: use head for head page in lru_add_page_tail

From: Alex Shi
Date: Thu Oct 29 2020 - 22:49:08 EST




在 2020/10/29 下午9:50, Johannes Weiner 写道:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 06:44:49PM +0800, Alex Shi wrote:
>> Since the first parameter is only used by head page, it's better to make
>> it explicit.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ---
>> mm/huge_memory.c | 12 ++++++------
>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
>> index 038db815ebba..93c0b73eb8c6 100644
>> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
>> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
>> @@ -2346,19 +2346,19 @@ static void remap_page(struct page *page, unsigned int nr)
>> }
>> }
>>
>> -static void lru_add_page_tail(struct page *page, struct page *page_tail,
>> +static void lru_add_page_tail(struct page *head, struct page *page_tail,
>
> It may be better to pick either
> head and tail

Hi Johannes,

Thanks for comments!

Right, Consider functions in this file are using head/tail more as parameters
I will change to use head/tail too. And then, the 04th, 05th, and 18th patch
will be changed accordingly.

Thanks
Alex

> or
> page_head and page_tail
>
> ?
>