[PATCH v2 1/3] mm: add vm_normal_lru_pages for LRU handled pages only

[Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex)]

On 4/4/2022 12:38 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 04:08:35PM -0400, Felix Kuehling wrote:
>
>>> In general I find the vm_normal_lru_page vs vm_normal_page
>>> API highly confusing.  An explicit check for zone device pages
>>> in the dozen or so spots that care has a much better documentation
>>> value, especially if accompanied by comments where it isn't entirely
>>> obvious.
>> OK. We can do that. It would solve the function naming problem, and we'd
>> have more visibility of device page handling in more places in the kernel,
>> which has educational value.
> Personally I find the 'is page XYZ' pretty confusing, like I don't
> know half of what the PageKsm annotations are for..
>
> Testing against a specific property the code goes on to use right away
> seems more descriptive to me.

Hi Jason,

Are you referring to test for properties such as is_lru_page, 
is_numa_page, is_lockable_page, etc?
Otherwise, could you provide an example?

Regards,
Alex Sierra

>
> Jason