Re: [PATCH 2/9] mm: introduce fault_env

From	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 2/9] mm: introduce fault_env
Date	2015-11-19 12:40 +0100
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On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 01:25:29AM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> The idea borrowed from Peter's patch from patchset on speculative page
> faults[1]:
> 
> Instead of passing around the endless list of function arguments,
> replace the lot with a single structure so we can change context
> without endless function signature changes.
> 
> The changes are mostly mechanical with exception of faultaround code:
> filemap_map_pages() got reworked a bit.
> 
> This patch is preparation for the next one.
> 
> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141020222841.302891540@infradead.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

Thanks for doing that!

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
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[PATCH 0/9] RFD: huge tmpfs: compound vs. team pages "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2015-11-19 00:30 +0100
  [PATCH 3/9] mm: postpone page table allocation until do_set_pte() "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2015-11-19 00:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 2/9] mm: introduce fault_env Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-19 12:40 +0100

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