Re: [External] Re: [PATCH 4/7] mm: memcontrol: simplify lruvec_holds_page_lru_lock

[Johannes Weiner]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 06:00:42PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 5:44 PM Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue 13-04-21 14:51:50, Muchun Song wrote:
> > > We already have a helper lruvec_memcg() to get the memcg from lruvec, we
> > > do not need to do it ourselves in the lruvec_holds_page_lru_lock(). So use
> > > lruvec_memcg() instead. And if mem_cgroup_disabled() returns false, the
> > > page_memcg(page) (the LRU pages) cannot be NULL. So remove the odd logic
> > > of "memcg = page_memcg(page) ? : root_mem_cgroup". And use lruvec_pgdat
> > > to simplify the code. We can have a single definition for this function
> > > that works for !CONFIG_MEMCG, CONFIG_MEMCG + mem_cgroup_disabled() and
> > > CONFIG_MEMCG.
> >
> > Neat. While you are at it wouldn't it make sesne to rename the function
> > as well. I do not want to bikeshed but this is really a misnomer. it
> > doesn't check anything about locking. page_belongs_lruvec?
> 
> Right. lruvec_holds_page_lru_lock is used to check whether
> the page belongs to the lruvec. page_belongs_lruvec
> obviously more clearer. I can rename it to
> page_belongs_lruvec the next version.

This sounds strange to me, I think 'belongs' needs a 'to' to be
correct, so page_belongs_to_lruvec(). Still kind of a mouthful.

page_matches_lruvec()?

page_from_lruvec()?