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SubjectRe: [PATCH v14 061/138] mm/migrate: Add folio_migrate_flags()
On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 10:09:25PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> > + if (folio_test_error(folio))
> > + folio_set_error(newfolio);
> > + if (folio_test_referenced(folio))
> > + folio_set_referenced(newfolio);
> > + if (folio_test_uptodate(folio))
> > + folio_mark_uptodate(newfolio);
> > + if (folio_test_clear_active(folio)) {
> > + VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_unevictable(folio), folio);
> > + folio_set_active(newfolio);
> > + } else if (folio_test_clear_unevictable(folio))
> > + folio_set_unevictable(newfolio);
> > + if (folio_test_workingset(folio))
> > + folio_set_workingset(newfolio);
> > + if (folio_test_checked(folio))
> > + folio_set_checked(newfolio);
> > + if (folio_test_mappedtodisk(folio))
> > + folio_set_mappedtodisk(newfolio);
>
> Since a bunch of these are bits in folio->flags and newfolio->flags, I wonder
> if it's better to do use a cmpxchg() loop or LL/SC construct to transfer all
> the relevant flags in one go.

I have plans for that, but they're on hold until the folio work is a bit
further progressed. It also helps code that does something like:

if (folio_test_dirty(folio) || folio_test_writeback(folio))

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