> + /* > + * Avoid grouping on DSO/COW pages in specific and RO pages > + * in general, RO pages shouldn't hurt as much anyway since > + * they can be in shared cache state. > + */
OK, so that comment is crap. Its that you cannot work into RO pages and this RO pages don't establish a collaboration. > + if (page_mapcount(page) != 1 && !pmd_write(pmd)) > + flags |= TNF_NO_GROUP; Rik also noted that mapcount == 1 will trivially not form groups. This should indeed be so but I didn't test it without that clause. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/