Re: [PATCH 2/5] Swapless V2: Add migration swap entries

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Thu Apr 13 2006 - 20:37:22 EST


1. Add explanation for the yield

2. Move unlikely to is_migration_entry (Does that really work??)

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>

Index: linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm2/mm/memory.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm2.orig/mm/memory.c 2006-04-13 16:43:10.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm2/mm/memory.c 2006-04-13 17:32:36.000000000 -0700
@@ -1880,7 +1880,11 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct

entry = pte_to_swp_entry(orig_pte);

- if (unlikely(is_migration_entry(entry))) {
+ if (is_migration_entry(entry)) {
+ /*
+ * We cannot access the page because of ongoing page
+ * migration. See if we can do something else.
+ */
yield();
goto out;
}
Index: linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm2/include/linux/swapops.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm2.orig/include/linux/swapops.h 2006-04-13 16:43:10.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm2/include/linux/swapops.h 2006-04-13 17:32:58.000000000 -0700
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static inline swp_entry_t make_migration

static inline int is_migration_entry(swp_entry_t entry)
{
- return swp_type(entry) == SWP_TYPE_MIGRATION;
+ return unlikely(swp_type(entry) == SWP_TYPE_MIGRATION);
}

static inline struct page *migration_entry_to_page(swp_entry_t entry)
-
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