On Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:15:06 +0200 David Hildenbrand <da...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 30.06.22 00:08, Felix Kuehling wrote: > > On 2022-06-29 03:33, David Hildenbrand wrote: > >> On 29.06.22 05:54, Alex Sierra wrote: > >>> is_pinnable_page() and folio_is_pinnable() were renamed to > >>> is_longterm_pinnable_page() and folio_is_longterm_pinnable() > >>> respectively. These functions are used in the FOLL_LONGTERM flag > >>> context. > >> Subject talks about "*_pages" > >> > >> > >> Can you elaborate why the move from mm.h to memremap.h is justified? > > > > Patch 2 adds is_device_coherent_page in memremap.h and updates > > is_longterm_pinnable_page to call is_device_coherent_page. memremap.h > > cannot include mm.h because it is itself included by mm.h. So the choice > > was to move is_longterm_pinnable_page to memremap.h, or move > > is_device_coherent_page and all its dependencies to mm.h. The latter > > would have been a bigger change. > > I really don't think something mm generic that compiles without > ZONE_DEVICE belongs into memremap.h. Please find a cleaner way to get > this done. (without having bothered to look at the code...) The solution is always to create a new purpose-specific header file.
