On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 02:15:53PM -0800, John Hubbard wrote:
> On 12/18/19 7:52 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 02:25:13PM -0800, John Hubbard wrote:
> > > +static void put_compound_head(struct page *page, int refs)
> > > +{
> > > + /* Do a get_page() first, in case refs
On 12/18/19 7:52 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 02:25:13PM -0800, John Hubbard wrote:
+static void put_compound_head(struct page *page, int refs)
+{
+ /* Do a get_page() first, in case refs == page->_refcount */
+ get_page(page);
+ page_ref_sub(page, refs
On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 02:25:13PM -0800, John Hubbard wrote:
> +static void put_compound_head(struct page *page, int refs)
> +{
> + /* Do a get_page() first, in case refs == page->_refcount */
> + get_page(page);
> + page_ref_sub(page, refs);
> + put_page(page);
> +}
It's not terr
There are four locations in gup.c that have a fair amount of code
duplication. This means that changing one requires making the same
changes in four places, not to mention reading the same code four
times, and wondering if there are subtle differences.
Factor out the common code into static functi
