Re: [PATCHv2, RFC 08/30] thp, mm: rewrite add_to_page_cache_locked()to support huge pages

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Fri Mar 15 2013 - 11:03:58 EST


Hillf Danton wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov
> <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hillf Danton wrote:
> >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov
> >> <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > Hillf Danton wrote:
> >> >> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov
> >> >> <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> > + page_cache_get(page);
> >> >> > + spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
> >> >> > + page->mapping = mapping;
> >> >> > + page->index = offset;
> >> >> > + error = radix_tree_insert(&mapping->page_tree, offset, page);
> >> >> > + if (unlikely(error))
> >> >> > + goto err;
> >> >> > + if (PageTransHuge(page)) {
> >> >> > + int i;
> >> >> > + for (i = 1; i < HPAGE_CACHE_NR; i++) {
> >> >> struct page *tail = page + i; to easy reader
> >> >>
> >> >> > + page_cache_get(page + i);
> >> >> s/page_cache_get/get_page_foll/ ?
> >> >
> >> > Why?
> >> >
> >> see follow_trans_huge_pmd() please.
> >
> > Sorry, I fail to see how follow_trans_huge_pmd() is relevant here.
> > Could you elaborate?
> >
> Lets see the code
>
> page += (addr & ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> //page is tail now
> VM_BUG_ON(!PageCompound(page));
> if (flags & FOLL_GET)
> get_page_foll(page);
> //raise page count with the foll function
>
> thus I raised question.

get_page_foll() is designed to be part of follow_page*() call chain.
get_page() can handle compound pages properly.

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Kirill A. Shutemov
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