Re: [PATCH] mm/zsmalloc: don't need to save tag bit in handle
From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Tue Feb 27 2024 - 02:52:28 EST
On (24/02/27 03:00), chengming.zhou@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> We only need to save the position (pfn + obj_idx) in the handle, don't
> need to save tag bit in handle. So one more bit can be used as obj_idx.
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> mm/zsmalloc: don't need to save tag bit in handle
Does this mean "don't need to reserve LSB for tag"?
We still save allocated tag in the handle, that's what
handle |= OBJ_ALLOCATED_TAG;
does.
> Actually, the tag bit is only useful in zspage's memory space, to tell
> if an object is allocated or not.
I'm not completely sure if I follow this sentence.