From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
hannes@cmpxchg.org, mhocko@kernel.org, vdavydov.dev@gmail.com,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, songmuchun@bytedance.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] mm: introduce pte_install() helper
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 18:20:17 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46573169-3c97-7024-bc04-ba1fb7a548f6@bytedance.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210718213120.rtqbgseb6drcwxj4@box.shutemov.name>
On 7/19/21 5:31 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 12:30:28PM +0800, Qi Zheng wrote:
>> Currently we have three times the same few lines repeated in the
>> code. Deduplicate them by newly introduced pte_install() helper.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
>
> I don't like the name of the helper: we have confusion of PTE being
> PTE-entry or PTE page table. And pte_install() doing pmd_populate()
> doesn't help the situation.
>
> Maybe pmd_install()? Or pte_table_install()? I donno.
>
Look good to me, I will use pmd_install().
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-19 10:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-18 4:30 [PATCH 0/7] Free user PTE page table pages Qi Zheng
2021-07-18 4:30 ` [PATCH 1/7] mm: fix the deadlock in finish_fault() Qi Zheng
2021-07-18 21:28 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2021-07-19 9:53 ` Qi Zheng
2021-07-20 23:14 ` Andrew Morton
2021-07-21 2:21 ` Qi Zheng
2021-07-18 4:30 ` [PATCH 2/7] mm: introduce pte_install() helper Qi Zheng
2021-07-18 21:31 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2021-07-19 10:20 ` Qi Zheng [this message]
2021-07-18 4:30 ` [PATCH 3/7] mm: remove redundant smp_wmb() Qi Zheng
2021-07-27 13:39 ` Muchun Song
2021-07-27 13:39 ` Muchun Song
2021-07-18 4:30 ` [PATCH 4/7] mm: rework the parameter of lock_page_or_retry() Qi Zheng
2021-07-18 4:30 ` [PATCH 5/7] mm: free user PTE page table pages Qi Zheng
2021-07-18 6:19 ` Mika Penttilä
2021-07-19 12:56 ` Qi Zheng
2021-07-19 13:55 ` Mika Penttilä
2021-07-19 14:12 ` Qi Zheng
2021-07-19 14:17 ` Mika Penttilä
2021-07-18 22:01 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2021-07-19 13:55 ` Qi Zheng
2021-07-18 4:30 ` [PATCH 6/7] mm: defer freeing PTE page table for a grace period Qi Zheng
2021-07-18 4:30 ` [PATCH 7/7] mm: use mmu_gather to free PTE page table Qi Zheng
2021-07-19 7:34 ` [PATCH 0/7] Free user PTE page table pages David Hildenbrand
2021-07-19 11:28 ` David Hildenbrand
2021-07-19 12:42 ` Muchun Song
2021-07-19 12:42 ` Muchun Song
2021-07-19 13:30 ` Muchun Song
2021-07-19 13:30 ` Muchun Song
2021-07-20 4:00 ` Qi Zheng
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