Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/9] mm: page->pfmemalloc only used by slab/skb

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On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:00:51AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> page->pfmemalloc does not deserve a spot in 'struct page'.  It is
> only used transiently _just_ after a page leaves the buddy
> allocator.
> 
> Instead of declaring a union, we move its functionality behind a
> few quick accessor functions.  This way we could also much more
> easily audit that it is being used correctly in debugging
> scenarios.  For instance, we could store a magic number in there
> which could never get reused as a page->index and check that the
> magic number exists in page_pfmemalloc().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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 Kirill A. Shutemov

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