Re: [PATCH v14 061/138] mm/migrate: Add folio_migrate_flags()

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 10:09:25PM +0100, David Howells wrote:

Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

+	if (folio_test_error(folio))
+		folio_set_error(newfolio);
+	if (folio_test_referenced(folio))
+		folio_set_referenced(newfolio);
+	if (folio_test_uptodate(folio))
+		folio_mark_uptodate(newfolio);
+	if (folio_test_clear_active(folio)) {
+		VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_unevictable(folio), folio);
+		folio_set_active(newfolio);
+	} else if (folio_test_clear_unevictable(folio))
+		folio_set_unevictable(newfolio);
+	if (folio_test_workingset(folio))
+		folio_set_workingset(newfolio);
+	if (folio_test_checked(folio))
+		folio_set_checked(newfolio);
+	if (folio_test_mappedtodisk(folio))
+		folio_set_mappedtodisk(newfolio);

Since a bunch of these are bits in folio->flags and newfolio->flags, I wonder
if it's better to do use a cmpxchg() loop or LL/SC construct to transfer all
the relevant flags in one go.

I have plans for that, but they're on hold until the folio work is a bit
further progressed.  It also helps code that does something like:

	if (folio_test_dirty(folio) || folio_test_writeback(folio))