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

From: J Freyensee
Date: Wed Mar 14 2018 - 13:43:48 EST




On 3/13/18 3:00 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
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>

Igor, do you mind sticking these tags on the files that have spent some time reviewing a revision of your patchset (like the Reviewed-by: tags I provided last revision?)

Thanks,
Jay