Re: [PATCHv4 26/39] ramfs: enable transparent huge page cache

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On 05/22/2013 07:22 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Dave Hansen wrote:
>>> +		/*
>>> +		 * TODO: make ramfs pages movable
>>> +		 */
>>> +		mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping,
>>> +				GFP_TRANSHUGE & ~__GFP_MOVABLE);
>>
>> So, before these patches, ramfs was movable.  Now, even on architectures
>> or configurations that have no chance of using THP-pagecache, ramfs
>> pages are no longer movable.  Right?
> 
> No, it wasn't movable. GFP_HIGHUSER is not GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE (yeah,
> names of gfp constants could be more consistent).
> 
> ramfs should be fixed to use movable pages, but it's outside the scope of the
> patchset.
> 
> See more details: http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/2/720

Please make sure this is clear from the patch description.

Personally, I wouldn't be adding TODO's to the code that I'm not
planning to go fix, lest I would get tagged with _doing_ it. :)

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