Re: [PATCH 17/21] mm: batch updating mm_counters

[Hugh Dickins]

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Nick Piggin wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 17:08 +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> > -		copy_one_pte(dst_mm, src_mm, dst_pte, src_pte, vm_flags, addr);
> > +		anon = copy_one_pte(dst_mm, src_mm, dst_pte, src_pte,
> > +							vm_flags, addr);
> > +		rss[anon]++;
> 
> How about passing rss[2] to copy_one_pte, and have that
> increment the correct rss value accordingly? Not that
> you may consider that any nicer than what you have here.

That does seem a more _normal_ way of doing it.

Though adding a seventh argument doesn't appeal
(perhaps irrelevant since copy_one_pte is inlined).

I don't mind much either way: anyone have strong feelings?

Hugh
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