Re: [PATCHv5 24/28] thp, mm: split_huge_page(): caller need to lock page

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 04/23/2015 11:03 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> We're going to use migration entries instead of compound_lock() to
> stabilize page refcounts. Setup and remove migration entries require
> page to be locked.
>
> Some of split_huge_page() callers already have the page locked. Let's
> require everybody to lock the page before calling split_huge_page().
>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

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