On 3/17/20 9:10 AM, Huang, Ying wrote:
> Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On 3/16/20 7:37 AM, Huang, Ying wrote:
>>> From: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Some comments for MADV_FREE is revised and added to help people understand the
>>> MADV_FREE code, especially the page flag, PG_swapbacked. This makes
>>> page_is_file_cache() isn't consistent with its comments. So the function is
>>> renamed to page_is_file_lru() to make them consistent again. All these are put
>>> in one patch as one logical change.
>>> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Suggested-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Suggested-and-acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Acked-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
>>
>> Thanks! A grammar nit below:
>>
>>> --- a/include/linux/mm_inline.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/mm_inline.h
>>> @@ -6,19 +6,20 @@
>>> #include <linux/swap.h>
>>>
>>> /**
>>> - * page_is_file_cache - should the page be on a file LRU or anon LRU?
>>> + * page_is_file_lru - should the page be on a file LRU or anon LRU?
>>> * @page: the page to test
>>> *
>>> - * Returns 1 if @page is page cache page backed by a regular filesystem,
>>> - * or 0 if @page is anonymous, tmpfs or otherwise ram or swap backed.
>>> - * Used by functions that manipulate the LRU lists, to sort a page
>>> - * onto the right LRU list.
>>> + * Returns 1 if @page is page cache page backed by a regular filesystem or
>>> + * anonymous page lazily freed (e.g. via MADV_FREE). Returns 0 if @page is
>>
>> a lazily freed anonymous page (e.g. ...
>
> Thought again. Should we make the 2 sub-clauses consistent? That is,
> either
>
> if @page is page cache page backed by a regular filesystem or anonymous
> page freed lazily
>
> or
>
> if @page is a regular filesystem backed page cache page or a lazily
> freed anonymous page
Yeah this one looks fine :)
> But I know that my English grammar isn't good enough :-(
>
> Best Regards,
> Huang, Ying
>
>>> + * normal anonymous page, tmpfs or otherwise ram or swap backed. Used by
>>> + * functions that manipulate the LRU lists, to sort a page onto the right LRU
>>> + * list.
>>> *
>>> * We would like to get this info without a page flag, but the state
>>> * needs to survive until the page is last deleted from the LRU, which
>>> * could be as far down as __page_cache_release.
>>> */
>>> -static inline int page_is_file_cache(struct page *page)
>>> +static inline int page_is_file_lru(struct page *page)
>>> {
>>> return !PageSwapBacked(page);
>>> }
>
