Thread (20 messages) 20 messages, 4 authors, 2025-01-17

Re: [PATCHv2 05/11] mm/truncate: Use folio_set_dropbehind() instead of deactivate_file_folio()

From: Yu Zhao <hidden>
Date: 2025-01-15 20:43:48
Also in: dri-devel, intel-gfx, linux-fsdevel, linux-mm, lkml 

On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM Kirill A. Shutemov
[off-list ref] wrote:
The recently introduced PG_dropbehind allows for freeing folios
immediately after writeback. Unlike PG_reclaim, it does not need vmscan
to be involved to get the folio freed.

The new flag allows to replace whole deactivate_file_folio() machinery
with simple folio_set_dropbehind().

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <redacted>
Acked-by: Yu Zhao <redacted>
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