Re: [PATCH] mm: fix balloon_page_movable() page->flags check

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Nov 27 2012 - 20:15:40 EST


On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:34:10 -0200 Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Do you want me to resubmit this patch with the changes you suggested?

oh, I think I can reach that far. How's this look?

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm-introduce-a-common-interface-for-balloon-pages-mobility-mm-fix-balloon_page_movable-page-flags-check-fix

use PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP, s/__balloon_page_flags/page_flags_cleared/, small cleanups

Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

include/linux/balloon_compaction.h | 21 ++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff -puN include/linux/balloon_compaction.h~mm-introduce-a-common-interface-for-balloon-pages-mobility-mm-fix-balloon_page_movable-page-flags-check-fix include/linux/balloon_compaction.h
--- a/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h~mm-introduce-a-common-interface-for-balloon-pages-mobility-mm-fix-balloon_page_movable-page-flags-check-fix
+++ a/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
#ifndef _LINUX_BALLOON_COMPACTION_H
#define _LINUX_BALLOON_COMPACTION_H
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/page-flags.h>
#include <linux/migrate.h>
#include <linux/gfp.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
@@ -109,18 +110,16 @@ static inline void balloon_mapping_free(
/*
* __balloon_page_flags - helper to perform balloon @page ->flags tests.
*
- * As balloon pages are got from Buddy, and we do not play with page->flags
+ * As balloon pages are obtained from buddy and we do not play with page->flags
* at driver level (exception made when we get the page lock for compaction),
- * therefore we can safely identify a ballooned page by checking if the
- * NR_PAGEFLAGS rightmost bits from the page->flags are all cleared.
- * This approach also helps on skipping ballooned pages that are locked for
- * compaction or release, thus mitigating their racy check at
- * balloon_page_movable()
+ * we can safely identify a ballooned page by checking if the
+ * PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP page->flags are all cleared. This approach also
+ * helps us skip ballooned pages that are locked for compaction or release, thus
+ * mitigating their racy check at balloon_page_movable()
*/
-#define BALLOON_PAGE_FLAGS_MASK ((1UL << NR_PAGEFLAGS) - 1)
-static inline bool __balloon_page_flags(struct page *page)
+static inline bool page_flags_cleared(struct page *page)
{
- return page->flags & BALLOON_PAGE_FLAGS_MASK ? false : true;
+ return !(page->flags & PAGE_FLAGS_CHECK_AT_PREP);
}

/*
@@ -149,10 +148,10 @@ static inline bool __is_movable_balloon_
static inline bool balloon_page_movable(struct page *page)
{
/*
- * Before dereferencing and testing mapping->flags, lets make sure
+ * Before dereferencing and testing mapping->flags, let's make sure
* this is not a page that uses ->mapping in a different way
*/
- if (__balloon_page_flags(page) && !page_mapped(page) &&
+ if (page_flags_cleared(page) && !page_mapped(page) &&
page_count(page) == 1)
return __is_movable_balloon_page(page);

_

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