Re: [patch 03/19] define page_file_cache() function

[Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Rik van Riel wrote:

> Define page_file_cache() function to answer the question:
> 	is page backed by a file?

> +static inline int page_file_cache(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	if (PageSwapBacked(page))
> +		return 0;

Could we call this PageNotFileBacked or so? PageSwapBacked is true for 
pages that are RAM based. Its a bit confusing.

> Index: linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/migrate.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1.orig/mm/migrate.c	2008-01-02 12:37:14.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc6-mm1/mm/migrate.c	2008-01-02 12:37:22.000000000 -0500
> @@ -546,6 +546,8 @@ static int move_to_new_page(struct page 
>  	/* Prepare mapping for the new page.*/
>  	newpage->index = page->index;
>  	newpage->mapping = page->mapping;
> +	if (PageSwapBacked(page))
> +		SetPageSwapBacked(newpage);
>  
>  	mapping = page_mapping(page);
>  	if (!mapping)

That hunk belongs into migrate_page_copy()? Or is there a reason that we 
need this flag that early?

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