Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm/rmap: fix comments left over from recent changes

Alistair Popple
2021-07-07T23:34:17Z

On Thursday, 8 July 2021 6:06:17 AM AEST Hugh Dickins wrote:
> Parallel developments in mm/rmap.c have left behind some out-of-date
> comments: try_to_migrate_one() also accepts TTU_SYNC (already commented
> in try_to_migrate() itself), and try_to_migrate() returns nothing at all.
>
> TTU_SPLIT_FREEZE has just been deleted, so reword the comment about it in
> mm/huge_memory.c; and TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS was removed in 5.11, so delete
> the "recently referenced" comment from try_to_unmap_one() (once upon a
> time the comment was near the removed codeblock, but they drifted apart).
>
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>

> ---
> mm/huge_memory.c | 2 +-
> mm/rmap.c | 7 +------
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index 8b731d53e9f4..afff3ac87067 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@ static void remap_page(struct page *page, unsigned int nr)
> {
> int i;
>
> - /* If TTU_SPLIT_FREEZE is ever extended to file, remove this check */
> + /* If unmap_page() uses try_to_migrate() on file, remove this check */
> if (!PageAnon(page))
> return;
> if (PageTransHuge(page)) {
> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> index 37c24672125c..746013e282c3 100644
> --- a/mm/rmap.c
> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -1439,8 +1439,6 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> while (page_vma_mapped_walk(&pvmw)) {
> /*
> * If the page is mlock()d, we cannot swap it out.
> - * If it's recently referenced (perhaps page_referenced
> - * skipped over this mm) then we should reactivate it.
> */
> if (!(flags & TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK)) {
> if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
> @@ -1687,8 +1685,7 @@ void try_to_unmap(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags)
> * @arg: enum ttu_flags will be passed to this argument.
> *
> * If TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD is specified any PMD mappings will be split into PTEs
> - * containing migration entries. This and TTU_RMAP_LOCKED are the only supported
> - * flags.
> + * containing migration entries.
> */
> static bool try_to_migrate_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> unsigned long address, void *arg)
> @@ -1928,8 +1925,6 @@ static bool try_to_migrate_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> *
> * Tries to remove all the page table entries which are mapping this page and
> * replace them with special swap entries. Caller must hold the page lock.
> - *
> - * If is successful, return true. Otherwise, false.
> */
> void try_to_migrate(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags)
> {
>