On 09.06.22 16:35, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 02:50:20PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: >> On 08.06.22 17:02, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote: >>> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst >>> index c0fe711f14d3..3d28b23676bd 100644 >>> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst >>> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst >>> @@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ prototypes:: >>> void (*free_folio)(struct folio *); >>> int (*direct_IO)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter); >>> bool (*isolate_page) (struct page *, isolate_mode_t); >>> - int (*migratepage)(struct address_space *, struct page *, struct page *); >>> + int (*migrate_folio)(struct address_space *, struct folio *dst, >>> + struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode); >>> void (*putback_page) (struct page *); >> >> isolate_page/putback_page are leftovers from the previous patch, no? > > Argh, right, I completely forgot I needed to update the documentation in > that patch. > >>> +++ b/Documentation/vm/page_migration.rst >>> @@ -181,22 +181,23 @@ which are function pointers of struct address_space_operations. >>> Once page is successfully isolated, VM uses page.lru fields so driver >>> shouldn't expect to preserve values in those fields. >>> >>> -2. ``int (*migratepage) (struct address_space *mapping,`` >>> -| ``struct page *newpage, struct page *oldpage, enum migrate_mode);`` >>> - >>> - After isolation, VM calls migratepage() of driver with the isolated page. >>> - The function of migratepage() is to move the contents of the old page to the >>> - new page >>> - and set up fields of struct page newpage. Keep in mind that you should >>> - indicate to the VM the oldpage is no longer movable via __ClearPageMovable() >>> - under page_lock if you migrated the oldpage successfully and returned >>> - MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS. If driver cannot migrate the page at the moment, driver >>> - can return -EAGAIN. On -EAGAIN, VM will retry page migration in a short time >>> - because VM interprets -EAGAIN as "temporary migration failure". On returning >>> - any error except -EAGAIN, VM will give up the page migration without >>> - retrying. >>> - >>> - Driver shouldn't touch the page.lru field while in the migratepage() function. >>> +2. ``int (*migrate_folio) (struct address_space *mapping,`` >>> +| ``struct folio *dst, struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode);`` >>> + >>> + After isolation, VM calls the driver's migrate_folio() with the >>> + isolated folio. The purpose of migrate_folio() is to move the contents >>> + of the source folio to the destination folio and set up the fields >>> + of destination folio. Keep in mind that you should indicate to the >>> + VM the source folio is no longer movable via __ClearPageMovable() >>> + under folio if you migrated the source successfully and returned >>> + MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS. If driver cannot migrate the folio at the >>> + moment, driver can return -EAGAIN. On -EAGAIN, VM will retry folio >>> + migration in a short time because VM interprets -EAGAIN as "temporary >>> + migration failure". On returning any error except -EAGAIN, VM will >>> + give up the folio migration without retrying. >>> + >>> + Driver shouldn't touch the folio.lru field while in the migrate_folio() >>> + function. >>> >>> 3. ``void (*putback_page)(struct page *);`` >> >> Hmm, here it's a bit more complicated now, because we essentially have >> two paths: LRU+migrate_folio or !LRU+movable_ops >> (isolate/migrate/putback page) > > Oh ... actually, this is just documenting the driver side of things. > I don't really like how it's written. Here, have some rewritten > documentation (which is now part of the previous patch): > LGTM, thanks. -- Thanks, David / dhildenb
