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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] mm: use get_page_migratetype instead of page_private
Hi Kame,

On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 11:02:47AM +0900, Kamezawa Hiroyuki wrote:
> (2012/09/05 16:26), Minchan Kim wrote:
> > page allocator uses set_page_private and page_private for handling
> > migratetype when it frees page. Let's replace them with [set|get]
> > _page_migratetype to make it more clear.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
>
> Hmm. one request from me.
>
> > ---
> > include/linux/mm.h | 10 ++++++++++
> > mm/page_alloc.c | 11 +++++++----
> > mm/page_isolation.c | 2 +-
> > 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> > index 5c76634..86d61d6 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> > @@ -249,6 +249,16 @@ struct inode;
> > #define page_private(page) ((page)->private)
> > #define set_page_private(page, v) ((page)->private = (v))
> >
> > +static inline void set_page_migratetype(struct page *page, int migratetype)
> > +{
> > + set_page_private(page, migratetype);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline int get_page_migratetype(struct page *page)
> > +{
> > + return page_private(page);
> > +}
> > +
>
> Could you add comments to explain "when this function returns expected value" ?
> These functions can work well only in very restricted area of codes.

Yes. It works only if the page exist in free_list.
I will add the comment about that and hope change function name
get_page_migratetype with get_buddypage_migratetype.
It would be less confusing.

Thanks.

--
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim


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