On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 01:43:47PM +0400, Glauber Costa wrote:
> On 09/27/2012 05:50 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> >> +void __free_accounted_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
> >> > +{
> >> > + memcg_kmem_uncharge_page(page, order);
> >> > + __free_pages(page, order);
> >> > +}
> >> > +
> >> > +void free_accounted_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned int order)
> >> > +{
> >> > + if (addr != 0) {
> >> > + VM_BUG_ON(!virt_addr_valid((void *)addr));
> > This is probably overkill. If it's invalid, the next line is likely to
> > blow up anyway. It's no biggie.
> >
>
> So this is here because it is in free_pages() as well. If it blows, at
> least we know precisely why (if debugging), and VM_BUG_ON() is only
> compiled in when CONFIG_DEBUG_VM.
>
Ah, I see.
> But I'm fine with either.
> Should it stay or should it go ?
>
It can stay. It makes sense that it look similar to free_pages() and as
you say, it makes debugging marginally easier.
--
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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