Re: [RFC/PATCH 3/5] mm: get_user_pages: use NON-MOVABLE pages whenFOLL_DURABLE flag is set

From: Lin Feng
Date: Wed Mar 06 2013 - 04:28:44 EST


Hi Marek,

On 03/05/2013 02:57 PM, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> @@ -2495,7 +2498,7 @@ static inline void cow_user_page(struct page *dst, struct page *src, unsigned lo
> */
> static int do_wp_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> unsigned long address, pte_t *page_table, pmd_t *pmd,
> - spinlock_t *ptl, pte_t orig_pte)
> + spinlock_t *ptl, pte_t orig_pte, unsigned int flags)
> __releases(ptl)
> {
> struct page *old_page, *new_page = NULL;
> @@ -2505,6 +2508,10 @@ static int do_wp_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> struct page *dirty_page = NULL;
> unsigned long mmun_start = 0; /* For mmu_notifiers */
> unsigned long mmun_end = 0; /* For mmu_notifiers */
> + gfp_t gfp = GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE;
> +
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMA) && (flags & FAULT_FLAG_NO_CMA))
> + gfp &= ~__GFP_MOVABLE;

Here just simply strip the __GFP_MOVABLE flag, IIUC it will break the page migrate policy.
Because " But GFP_MOVABLE is not only a zone specifier but also an allocation policy.".

Another problem is that you add a new flag to instruct the page allocation,
do we have to also handle the hugepage or THP as Mel ever mentioned?

thanks,
linfeng
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