[PATCH v1 20/29] mm: convert "movable" flag in page->mapping to a page flag

David Hildenbrand david at redhat.com
Tue Jul 1 22:49:53 AEST 2025


On 01.07.25 14:44, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 03:00:01PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> Instead, let's use a page flag. As the page flag can result in
>> false-positives, glue it to the page types for which we
>> support/implement movable_ops page migration.
>>
>> The flag reused by PageMovableOps() might be sued by other pages, so
> 
> I assume 'used' not 'sued' :P

:)

> 
>> warning in case it is set in page_has_movable_ops() might result in
>> false-positive warnings.
> 
> Worth mentioning that it's PG_uptodate. Also probably worth putting a proviso
> here that we're safe to use it for movable ops pages because it's used to track
> file system state.

Will do.

> 
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy at nvidia.com>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david at redhat.com>
> 
> Seems reasonable though, so:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes at oracle.com>


Thanks!


-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb



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