[PATCH v6 05/11] mm: Add fast_only bool to test_young and clear_young MMU notifiers
David Hildenbrand
david at redhat.com
Thu Aug 1 02:36:14 PDT 2024
On 24.07.24 03:10, James Houghton wrote:
> For implementers, the fast_only bool indicates that the age information
> needs to be harvested such that we do not slow down other MMU operations,
> and ideally that we are not ourselves slowed down by other MMU
> operations. Usually this means that the implementation should be
> lockless.
But what are the semantics if "fast_only" cannot be achieved by the
implementer?
Can we add some documentation to the new functions that explain what
this mysterious "fast_only" is and what the expected semantics are?
Please? :)
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Cheers,
David / dhildenb
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