Re: [PATCH -mm 05/13] block, THP: Make block_device_operations.rw_page support THP

From: Huang\, Ying
Date: Sun Jun 04 2017 - 21:01:01 EST


Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 02:46:27PM +0800, Huang, Ying wrote:
>> From: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The .rw_page in struct block_device_operations is used by the swap
>> subsystem to read/write the page contents from/into the corresponding
>> swap slot in the swap device. To support the THP (Transparent Huge
>> Page) swap optimization, the .rw_page is enhanced to support to
>> read/write THP if possible.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Vishal L Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-nvdimm@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ---
>> drivers/block/brd.c | 6 +++++-
>> drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 2 ++
>> drivers/nvdimm/btt.c | 4 +++-
>> drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>> 4 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> The changes in brd.c, zram_drv.c and pmem.c look good to me. For those bits
> you can add:
>
> Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> I think we still want Vishal to make sure that the BTT changes are okay. I
> don't know that code well enough to know whether it's safe to throw 512 pages
> at btt_[read|write]_pg().
>
> Also, Ying, next time can you please CC me (and probably the linux-nvdimm
> list) on the whole series? It would give us more context on what the larger
> change is, allow us to see the cover letter, allow us to test with all the
> patches in the series, etc. It's pretty easy for reviewers to skip over the
> patches we don't care about or aren't in our area.

Sure.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying

> Thanks,
> - Ross