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Re: [PATCHv6 05/37] thp: try to free page's buffers before attempt split

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On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 02:57:47PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> @@ -2146,6 +2146,23 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
>  			goto out;
>  		}
>  
> +		/* Try to free buffers before attempt split */
> +		if (!PageSwapBacked(head) && PagePrivate(page)) {
> +			/*
> +			 * We cannot trigger writeback from here due possible
> +			 * recursion if triggered from vmscan, only wait.
> +			 *
> +			 * Caller can trigger writeback it on its own, if safe.
> +			 */

It took me a few reads to get this.  May I suggest:

		/*
		 * Cannot split a page with buffers.  If the caller has
		 * already started writeback, we can wait for it to finish,
		 * but we cannot start writeback if we were called from vmscan
		 */
> +		if (!PageSwapBacked(head) && PagePrivate(page)) {

Also, it looks weird to test PageSwapBacked of *head* and PagePrivate
of *page*.  I think it's correct, but it still looks weird.

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>

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Re: [PATCHv6 05/37] thp: try to free page's buffers before attempt  split Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-02-09 21:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCHv6 05/37] thp: try to free page's buffers before attempt  split "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2017-02-13 15:40 +0100

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