Re: [PATCH v12 09/33] mm: Add folio_try_get_rcu()

[Kirill A. Shutemov]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 12:40:54PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> This is the equivalent of page_cache_get_speculative().  Also add
> folio_ref_try_add_rcu (the equivalent of page_cache_add_speculative)
> and folio_get_unless_zero() (the equivalent of get_page_unless_zero()).
> 
> The new kernel-doc attempts to explain from the user's point of view
> when to use folio_try_get_rcu() and when to use folio_get_unless_zero(),
> because there seems to be some confusion currently between the users of
> page_cache_get_speculative() and get_page_unless_zero().
> 
> Reimplement page_cache_add_speculative() and page_cache_get_speculative()
> as wrappers around the folio equivalents, but leave get_page_unless_zero()
> alone for now.  This commit reduces text size by 3 bytes due to slightly
> different register allocation & instruction selections.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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 Kirill A. Shutemov