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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 09/28] gup: Turn hpage_pincount_add() into page_pincount_add()
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On 1/9/22 20:23, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
...
> diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> index dbb1b54d0def..3ed9907f3c8d 100644
> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -29,12 +29,23 @@ struct follow_page_context {
> unsigned int page_mask;
> };
>
> -static void hpage_pincount_add(struct page *page, int refs)
> +/*
> + * When pinning a compound page of order > 1 (which is what
> + * hpage_pincount_available() checks for), use an exact count to track
> + * it, via page_pincount_add/_sub().
> + *
> + * However, be sure to *also* increment the normal page refcount field
> + * at least once, so that the page really is pinned. That's why the
> + * refcount from the earlier try_get_compound_head() is left intact.
> + */

I just realized, after looking at this again in a later patch, that the
last paragraph, above, is now misplaced. It refers to the behavior of the
caller, not to this routine. So it needs to be airlifted back to the
caller.

> +static void page_pincount_add(struct page *page, int refs)
> {
> - VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!hpage_pincount_available(page), page);
> VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page != compound_head(page), page);
>
> - atomic_add(refs, compound_pincount_ptr(page));
> + if (hpage_pincount_available(page))
> + atomic_add(refs, compound_pincount_ptr(page));
> + else
> + page_ref_add(page, refs * (GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS - 1));
> }
>
> static void hpage_pincount_sub(struct page *page, int refs)
> @@ -150,21 +161,7 @@ struct page *try_grab_compound_head(struct page *page,
> if (!page)
> return NULL;
>
> - /*
> - * When pinning a compound page of order > 1 (which is what
> - * hpage_pincount_available() checks for), use an exact count to
> - * track it, via hpage_pincount_add/_sub().
> - *
> - * However, be sure to *also* increment the normal page refcount
> - * field at least once, so that the page really is pinned.
> - * That's why the refcount from the earlier
> - * try_get_compound_head() is left intact.
> - */

...here.

> - if (hpage_pincount_available(page))
> - hpage_pincount_add(page, refs);
> - else
> - page_ref_add(page, refs * (GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS - 1));
> -
> + page_pincount_add(page, refs);
> mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_FOLL_PIN_ACQUIRED,
> refs);
>

thanks,
--
John Hubbard
NVIDIA

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