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SubjectRe: [PATCH 6/6] pagemap: introduce data structure for pagemap entry
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On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 11:29:36AM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:51:42 -0500
> Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com> wrote:
>
> > Currently a local variable of pagemap entry in pagemap_pte_range()
> > is named pfn and typed with u64, but it's not correct (pfn should
> > be unsigned long.)
>
> Does this means "the name 'pfn' implies unsigned long, usually. And
> this usage is confusing." ?

Yes, that is one I meant.
And another meaning is that this variable can contain not only page frame
number but also other information about page state. The format of pagemap
entry is described in a comment above pagemap_read() like this

* Bits 0-55 page frame number (PFN) if present
* Bits 0-4 swap type if swapped
* Bits 5-55 swap offset if swapped
* Bits 55-60 page shift (page size = 1<<page shift)
* Bit 61 reserved for future use
* Bit 62 page swapped
* Bit 63 page present
*
* If the page is not present but in swap, then the PFN contains an
* encoding of the swap file number and the page's offset into the
* swap. Unmapped pages return a null PFN. This allows determining
* precisely which pages are mapped (or in swap) and comparing mapped
* pages between processes.

. So the name 'pfn' does not exactly match what it represents.


> > This patch introduces special type for pagemap entry and replace
> > code with it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> >
>
> Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>

Thank you.


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