From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
hugh@veritas.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][patch 0/2] mm: remove PageReserved
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 23:34:42 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200508102334.43662.phillips@arcor.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31567.1123679613@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com>
On Wednesday 10 August 2005 23:13, David Howells wrote:
> Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
> > > ...kill PG_checked please :) Or at least keep it from spreading.
> >
> > It already spread - ext3 is using it and I think reiser4. I thought I
> > had a patch to rename it to PG_misc1 or somesuch, but no. It's mandate
> > becomes "filesystem-specific page flag".
>
> You're carrying a patch to stick a flag called PG_fs_misc, but that has the
> same value as PG_checked. An extra page flag beyond PG_uptodate, PG_lock
> and PG_writeback is required to make readpage through the cache
> non-synchronous.
David,
Interesting, have you got a pointer to a full explanation? Is this about aio?
Regards,
Daniel
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From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
hugh@veritas.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][patch 0/2] mm: remove PageReserved
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 23:34:42 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200508102334.43662.phillips@arcor.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31567.1123679613@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com>
On Wednesday 10 August 2005 23:13, David Howells wrote:
> Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
> > > ...kill PG_checked please :) Or at least keep it from spreading.
> >
> > It already spread - ext3 is using it and I think reiser4. I thought I
> > had a patch to rename it to PG_misc1 or somesuch, but no. It's mandate
> > becomes "filesystem-specific page flag".
>
> You're carrying a patch to stick a flag called PG_fs_misc, but that has the
> same value as PG_checked. An extra page flag beyond PG_uptodate, PG_lock
> and PG_writeback is required to make readpage through the cache
> non-synchronous.
David,
Interesting, have you got a pointer to a full explanation? Is this about aio?
Regards,
Daniel
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Thread overview: 180+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-07 3:28 [RFC][patch 0/2] mm: remove PageReserved Nick Piggin
2005-08-07 3:28 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-07 3:29 ` [patch 1/2] mm: remap ZERO_PAGE mappings Nick Piggin
2005-08-07 3:30 ` [patch 2/2] mm: core remove PageReserved Nick Piggin
2005-08-08 21:09 ` [RFC][patch 0/2] mm: " Daniel Phillips
2005-08-08 21:09 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-08 21:24 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-08 21:24 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-08 21:54 ` Andrew Morton
2005-08-08 21:54 ` Andrew Morton
2005-08-09 23:23 ` [RFC][PATCH] Rename PageChecked as PageMiscFS Daniel Phillips
2005-08-09 23:23 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-10 7:48 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-10 7:48 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-10 8:06 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-10 8:06 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-10 13:13 ` [RFC][patch 0/2] mm: remove PageReserved David Howells
2005-08-10 13:13 ` David Howells
2005-08-10 13:34 ` Daniel Phillips [this message]
2005-08-10 13:34 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-10 14:27 ` David Howells
2005-08-10 14:27 ` David Howells
2005-08-10 23:19 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-10 23:19 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-11 10:49 ` David Howells
2005-08-11 10:49 ` David Howells
2005-08-12 19:34 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-12 19:34 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-15 13:15 ` David Howells
2005-08-15 13:15 ` David Howells
2005-08-16 1:53 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-16 1:53 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-16 10:28 ` David Howells
2005-08-16 10:28 ` David Howells
2005-08-10 22:12 ` [RFC][PATCH] Rename PageChecked as PageMiscFS Daniel Phillips
2005-08-10 22:12 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-10 22:23 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-10 22:23 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-10 22:34 ` Trond Myklebust
2005-08-10 22:34 ` Trond Myklebust
2005-08-10 22:57 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-10 22:57 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-10 23:23 ` Trond Myklebust
2005-08-10 23:23 ` Trond Myklebust
2005-08-11 9:42 ` David Howells
2005-08-11 9:42 ` David Howells
2005-08-10 23:42 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-08-10 23:42 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-08-11 9:46 ` David Howells
2005-08-11 9:46 ` David Howells
2005-08-12 2:34 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-12 2:34 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-12 12:32 ` David Howells
2005-08-11 9:31 ` David Howells
2005-08-11 9:31 ` David Howells
2005-08-11 9:26 ` David Howells
2005-08-11 9:26 ` David Howells
2005-08-12 3:29 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-12 3:29 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-12 12:41 ` David Howells
2005-08-12 12:41 ` David Howells
2005-08-12 13:28 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-12 13:28 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-16 13:59 ` Pavel Machek
2005-08-16 13:59 ` Pavel Machek
2005-08-18 14:33 ` David Howells
2005-08-18 14:33 ` David Howells
2005-08-18 22:27 ` Pavel Machek
2005-08-18 22:27 ` Pavel Machek
2005-08-19 10:04 ` David Howells
2005-08-19 10:04 ` David Howells
2005-08-19 16:31 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-19 16:31 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-20 10:45 ` David Howells
2005-08-20 10:45 ` David Howells
2005-08-20 20:21 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-20 20:21 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-09 0:15 ` [RFC][patch 0/2] mm: remove PageReserved Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 0:15 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 8:51 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-08-09 8:51 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-08-09 9:49 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 9:49 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 19:19 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-09 19:19 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-09 19:22 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-09 19:22 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-10 21:50 ` Pavel Machek
2005-08-10 21:50 ` Pavel Machek
2005-08-10 21:56 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-08-10 21:56 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-08-11 10:36 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-08-11 10:36 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-08-12 19:56 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-12 19:56 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-12 22:20 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-08-12 22:20 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-08-12 23:04 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-12 23:04 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-13 7:06 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-08-13 7:06 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-08-11 10:26 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-08-11 10:26 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-08-09 11:25 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 11:25 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 14:31 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-08-09 14:31 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-08-09 14:50 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 14:50 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 14:49 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-08-09 14:49 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-08-09 15:36 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 15:36 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 21:27 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-09 21:27 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-09 19:14 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-09 19:14 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-09 20:17 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 20:17 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 20:52 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-09 20:52 ` Daniel Phillips
2005-08-09 4:39 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-08-09 4:39 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-08-09 4:59 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 4:59 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 5:11 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-08-09 5:11 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-08-09 5:20 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 5:20 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 5:30 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-08-09 5:30 ` Nigel Cunningham
2005-08-09 7:08 ` Russell King
2005-08-09 7:08 ` Russell King
2005-08-09 8:38 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-08-09 8:38 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-08-09 9:31 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 9:31 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 9:49 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-08-09 9:49 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-08-09 9:57 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 9:57 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 10:24 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-08-09 10:24 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-08-09 8:53 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-08-09 8:53 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-08-09 9:15 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 9:15 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 10:27 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 10:27 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 11:15 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 11:15 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 13:15 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 13:15 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 13:26 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-08-09 13:26 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-08-09 14:28 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-08-09 14:28 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-08-09 14:47 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 14:47 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-08-09 19:49 ` Roman Zippel
2005-08-09 19:49 ` Roman Zippel
2005-08-09 9:29 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 9:29 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 19:40 ` Russell King
2005-08-09 19:40 ` Russell King
2005-08-09 14:38 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-08-09 14:38 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-08-09 19:41 ` Russell King
2005-08-09 19:41 ` Russell King
2005-08-09 20:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-08-09 20:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-08-09 21:16 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-08-09 21:16 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-08-09 21:51 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-08-09 21:51 ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-08-10 9:27 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-08-10 9:27 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-08-11 9:09 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-11 9:09 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-09 22:14 ` Daniel Phillips
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