Re: [PATCH 10/10] mm/migrate.c: call detach_page_private to cleanup code

From: Guoqing Jiang
Date: Sun May 24 2020 - 15:02:17 EST


On 5/23/20 1:53 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
On Fri, 22 May 2020 09:18:25 +0200 Guoqing Jiang <guoqing.jiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

- ClearPagePrivate(page);
- set_page_private(newpage, page_private(page));
- set_page_private(page, 0);
- put_page(page);
+ set_page_private(newpage, detach_page_private(page));
attach_page_private(newpage, detach_page_private(page));
Mattew had suggested it as follows, but not sure if we can reorder of
the setup of
the bh and setting PagePrivate, so I didn't want to break the original
syntax.

@@ -797,11 +797,7 @@ static int __buffer_migrate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
if (rc != MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS)
goto unlock_buffers;
- ClearPagePrivate(page);
- set_page_private(newpage, page_private(page));
- set_page_private(page, 0);
- put_page(page);
- get_page(newpage);
+ attach_page_private(newpage, detach_page_private(page));
bh = head;
do {
@@ -810,8 +806,6 @@ static int __buffer_migrate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
} while (bh != head);
- SetPagePrivate(newpage);
-
if (mode != MIGRATE_SYNC_NO_COPY)
This is OK - coherency between PG_private and the page's buffer
ring is maintained by holding lock_page().

Appreciate for your explanation.

Thanks,
Guoqing

I have (effectively) applied the above change.