Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/3] mm: Provide a function to get an additional pin on a page

Christoph Hellwig
2023-05-26T08:20:47Z

On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 11:39:52PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> +/**
> + * page_get_additional_pin - Try to get an additional pin on a pinned page
> + * @page: The page to be pinned
> + *
> + * Get an additional pin on a page we already have a pin on. Makes no change
> + * if the page is the zero_page.
> + */
> +void page_get_additional_pin(struct page *page)

page_get_additional_pin seems like an odd name, mixing the get and
pin terminologies. What about repin_page? Or move to a folio interface
from the start can call it folio_repin?