Re: [PATCH 2/8] mm: use walk_page_range() instead of custom page table walking code

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Mon May 09 2011 - 03:39:00 EST


Hello,

sorry for the long delay.

> In the specific case of show_numa_map(), the custom page table walking
> logic implemented in mempolicy.c does not provide any special service
> beyond that provided by walk_page_range().
>
> Also, converting show_numa_map() to use the generic routine decouples
> the function from mempolicy.c, allowing it to be moved out of the mm
> subsystem and into fs/proc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/mempolicy.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
> index 5bfb03e..dfe27e3 100644
> --- a/mm/mempolicy.c
> +++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
> @@ -2568,6 +2568,22 @@ static void gather_stats(struct page *page, void *private, int pte_dirty)
> md->node[page_to_nid(page)]++;
> }
>
> +static int gather_pte_stats(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr,
> + unsigned long pte_size, struct mm_walk *walk)
> +{
> + struct page *page;
> +
> + if (pte_none(*pte))
> + return 0;
> +
> + page = pte_page(*pte);
> + if (!page)
> + return 0;

original check_pte_range() has following logic.

orig_pte = pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
do {
struct page *page;
int nid;

if (!pte_present(*pte))
continue;
page = vm_normal_page(vma, addr, *pte);
if (!page)
continue;
/*
* vm_normal_page() filters out zero pages, but there might
* still be PageReserved pages to skip, perhaps in a VDSO.
* And we cannot move PageKsm pages sensibly or safely yet.
*/
if (PageReserved(page) || PageKsm(page))
continue;
gather_stats(page, private, pte_dirty(*pte));

Why did you drop a lot of check? Is it safe?

Other parts looks good to me.


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