Re: [PATCH 4/8] struct page: add field for vm_struct

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Tue Mar 13 2018 - 18:00:51 EST


On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 11:45:50PM +0200, Igor Stoppa wrote:
> When a page is used for virtual memory, it is often necessary to obtain
> a handler to the corresponding vm_struct, which refers to the virtually
> continuous area generated when invoking vmalloc.
>
> The struct page has a "mapping" field, which can be re-used, to store a
> pointer to the parent area.
>
> This will avoid more expensive searches, later on.
>
> Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regardless of the fate of the rest of this patchset, this makes sense
and we should have this.