Re: [PATCH 07/12] mm, thp, tmpfs: handle huge page inshmem_undo_range for truncate

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Wed Oct 16 2013 - 08:10:09 EST


Ning Qu wrote:
> > Again. Here and below ifdef is redundant: PageTransHugeCache() is zero
> > compile-time and thp case will be optimize out.
>
> The problem is actually from HPAGE_CACHE_INDEX_MASK, it is marked as
> build bug when CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PAGECACHE is false. So we
> either wrap some logic inside a inline function, or we have to be like
> this .. Or we don't treat the HPAGE_CACHE_INDEX_MASK as a build bug?

HPAGE_CACHE_INDEX_MASK shouldn't be a problem.
If it's wrapped into 'if PageTransHugeCache(page)' or similar it will be
eliminated by compiler if thp-pc disabled and build bug will not be
triggered.

>
> >
> > And do we really need a copy of truncate logic here? Is there a way to
> > share code?
> >
> The truncate between tmpfs and general one is similar but not exactly
> the same (no readahead), so share the whole function might not be a
> good choice from the perspective of tmpfs? Anyway, there are other
> similar functions in tmpfs, e.g. the one you mentioned for
> shmem_add_to_page_cache. It is possible to share the code, I am just
> worried it will make the logic more complicated?

I think introducing thp-pc is good opportunity to refactor all these code.

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Kirill A. Shutemov
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