Re: [PATCH 2/5] hugetlb: convert page_huge_active() to HP_Migratable flag
From: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Date: 2021-01-16 12:07:31
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From: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Date: 2021-01-16 12:07:31
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On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 04:24:16AM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
and name these HPG_restore_reserve and HPG_migratable
and generate the calls to hugetlb_set_page_flag etc from macros, eg:
#define TESTHPAGEFLAG(uname, lname) \
static __always_inline bool HPage##uname(struct page *page) \
{ return test_bit(HPG_##lname, &page->private); }
...
#define HPAGEFLAG(uname, lname) \
TESTHPAGEFLAG(uname, lname) \
SETHPAGEFLAG(uname, lname) \
CLEARHPAGEFLAG(uname, lname)
HPAGEFLAG(RestoreReserve, restore_reserve)
HPAGEFLAG(Migratable, migratable)
just to mirror page-flags.h more closely.
That is on me.
I thought that given the low number of flags, we coud get away with:
hugetlb_{set,test,clear}_page_flag(page, flag)
and call it from the code.
But some of the flags need to be set/tested outside hugetlb code, so
it indeed looks nicer and more consistent to follow page-flags.h convention.
Sorry for the noise.
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Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3