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Christoph Lameter d85f33855c Make page->private usable in compound pages 
If we add a new flag so that we can distinguish between the first page and the
tail pages then we can avoid to use page->private in the first page.
page->private == page for the first page, so there is no real information in
there.

Freeing up page->private makes the use of compound pages more transparent.
They become more usable like real pages.  Right now we have to be careful f.e.
 if we are going beyond PAGE_SIZE allocations in the slab on i386 because we
can then no longer use the private field.  This is one of the issues that
cause us not to support debugging for page size slabs in SLAB.

Having page->private available for SLUB would allow more meta information in
the page struct.  I can probably avoid the 16 bit ints that I have in there
right now.

Also if page->private is available then a compound page may be equipped with
buffer heads.  This may free up the way for filesystems to support larger
blocks than page size.

We add PageTail as an alias of PageReclaim.  Compound pages cannot currently
be reclaimed.  Because of the alias one needs to check PageCompound first.

The RFC for the this approach was discussed at
http://marc.info/?t=117574302800001&r=1&w=2

[nacc@us.ibm.com: fix hugetlbfs]
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-07 12:12:53 -07:00
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9p v9fs: don't use primary fid when removing file 2007-04-24 08:23:08 -07:00
adfs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
affs [PATCH] affs: implement ->drop_inode 2007-02-20 17:10:15 -08:00
afs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
autofs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
autofs4 [PATCH] autofs4: fix race in unhashed dentry code 2007-04-12 15:31:42 -07:00
befs [PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 1 2007-02-12 09:48:46 -08:00
bfs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
cifs [CIFS] Fix typo in cifs readme from previous commit 2007-05-05 22:08:06 +00:00
coda [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
configfs remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
cramfs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
debugfs remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
devpts [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
dlm remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
ecryptfs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
efs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
exportfs [PATCH] VFS: Make filldir_t and struct kstat deal in 64-bit inode numbers 2006-10-03 08:03:40 -07:00
ext2 mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
ext3 [PATCH] revert "retries in ext3_prepare_write() violate ordering requirements" 2007-04-02 10:06:08 -07:00
ext4 [PATCH] revert "retries in ext4_prepare_write() violate ordering requirements" 2007-04-02 10:06:08 -07:00
fat [PATCH] FAT: DIO-write fallback to normal buffered 2007-02-20 17:10:14 -08:00
freevxfs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
fuse remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
gfs2 remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
hfs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
hfsplus [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
hostfs [PATCH] uml: hostfs variable renaming 2007-03-29 08:22:25 -07:00
hpfs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
hppfs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
hugetlbfs Make page->private usable in compound pages 2007-05-07 12:12:53 -07:00
isofs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
jbd [PATCH] jbd: wait for already submitted t_sync_datalist buffer to complete 2006-12-22 08:55:51 -08:00
jbd2 [PATCH] jbd2: wait for already submitted t_sync_datalist buffer to complete 2006-12-07 08:39:42 -08:00
jffs2 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 2007-04-27 19:16:19 +01:00
jfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shaggy/jfs-2.6 2007-02-26 11:44:51 -08:00
lockd SUNRPC: RPC buffer size estimates are too large 2007-04-30 22:17:10 -07:00
minix mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
msdos [PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 2 2007-02-12 09:48:46 -08:00
ncpfs ncpfs: make sure server connection survives a kill 2007-03-06 13:26:27 +01:00
nfs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
nfs_common [PATCH] nfs_common endianness annotations 2006-10-20 10:26:41 -07:00
nfsd SUNRPC: RPC buffer size estimates are too large 2007-04-30 22:17:10 -07:00
nls [PATCH] fs: make nls_cp936.c handle some U00XY characters and U20AC correctly 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
ntfs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
ocfs2 mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
openpromfs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
partitions mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
proc smaps: add clear_refs file to clear reference 2007-05-07 12:12:52 -07:00
qnx4 [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
ramfs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
reiserfs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
romfs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
smbfs [PATCH] smbfs: double free memory corruption 2007-03-16 19:25:05 -07:00
sysfs remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
sysv mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
udf [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
ufs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
vfat [PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 3 2007-02-12 09:48:46 -08:00
xfs [PATCH] Make XFS workqueues nonfreezable 2007-03-22 19:39:06 -07:00
aio.c [PATCH] aio: remove bare user-triggerable error printk 2007-03-27 17:53:25 -07:00
attr.c
bad_inode.c [PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 1 2007-02-12 09:48:46 -08:00
binfmt_aout.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c [PATCH] fix page leak during core dump 2007-04-02 10:06:08 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c [PATCH] fix page leak during core dump 2007-04-02 10:06:08 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c [PATCH] uclinux: correctly remap bin_fmtflat exe allocated mem regions 2007-02-09 10:45:33 -08:00
binfmt_misc.c [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c [PARISC] Fix fs/binfmt_som.c 2006-10-04 06:51:26 -06:00
bio.c [BLOCK] Don't pin lots of memory in mempools 2007-04-30 09:08:17 +02:00
block_dev.c [PATCH] lockdep: annotate BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION 2007-02-20 17:10:16 -08:00
buffer.c fs: buffer don't PageUptodate without page locked 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
char_dev.c [PATCH] remove protection of LANANA-reserved majors 2007-04-04 21:12:47 -07:00
compat_ioctl.c [PATCH] x86-64: Shut up warnings for vfat compat ioctls on other file systems 2007-05-02 19:27:21 +02:00
compat.c [PATCH] x86-64: Print type and size correctly for unknown compat ioctls 2007-05-02 19:27:21 +02:00
dcache.c Revert "[PATCH] Fix d_path for lazy unmounts" 2007-02-13 12:08:18 -08:00
dcookies.c [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
direct-io.c [PATCH] dio: lock refcount operations 2006-12-10 09:57:21 -08:00
dnotify.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
dquot.c [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctl 2007-02-14 08:09:59 -08:00
drop_caches.c [PATCH] remove invalidate_inode_pages() 2007-02-11 10:51:31 -08:00
eventpoll.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
exec.c exec.c: fix coredump to pipe problem and obscure "security hole" 2007-04-17 16:36:26 -07:00
fcntl.c [PATCH] fdtable: Make fdarray and fdsets equal in size 2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
fifo.c
file_table.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
file.c [PATCH] fdtable: Provide free_fdtable() wrapper 2006-12-22 08:55:50 -08:00
filesystems.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
fs-writeback.c Write back inode data pages even when the inode itself is locked 2007-01-26 12:53:20 -08:00
generic_acl.c [PATCH] Generic infrastructure for acls 2006-09-29 09:18:24 -07:00
inode.c [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
inotify_user.c [PATCH] inotify: read return val fix 2007-02-12 09:48:28 -08:00
inotify.c [PATCH] severing fs.h, radix-tree.h -> sched.h 2006-12-04 02:00:24 -05:00
internal.h [PATCH] CONFIG_BLOCK internal.h cleanups 2006-09-30 20:52:32 +02:00
ioctl.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
ioprio.c [PATCH] pid: replace do/while_each_task_pid with do/while_each_pid_task 2007-02-12 09:48:32 -08:00
Kconfig Merge git://git.linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6 2007-05-04 19:55:11 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c [PATCH] shmem and simple const super_operations 2007-03-05 07:57:51 -08:00
locks.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
Makefile Remove JFFS (version 1), as scheduled. 2007-02-17 16:10:59 -05:00
mbcache.c [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
mpage.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Dissociate generic_writepages() from mpage stuff [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:26 +02:00
namei.c mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
namespace.c [PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc(). 2007-02-11 10:51:27 -08:00
nfsctl.c
no-block.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
open.c [PATCH] fdtable: Make fdarray and fdsets equal in size 2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
pipe.c [PATCH] AUDIT_FD_PAIR 2007-02-17 21:30:15 -05:00
pnode.c [PATCH] rename struct namespace to struct mnt_namespace 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
pnode.h [PATCH] rename struct namespace to struct mnt_namespace 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
posix_acl.c [PATCH] kmemdup: some users 2006-10-01 00:39:19 -07:00
quota_v1.c
quota_v2.c
quota.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
read_write.c [PATCH] FS: speed up rw_verify_area() 2007-02-12 09:48:29 -08:00
read_write.h [PATCH] Remove readv/writev methods and use aio_read/aio_write instead 2006-10-01 00:39:28 -07:00
readdir.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
select.c [PATCH] fdtable: Make fdarray and fdsets equal in size 2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
seq_file.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
splice.c [PATCH] splice: partial write fix 2007-03-29 14:26:42 +02:00
stack.c [PATCH] fs/stack.c: Copy i_nlink after all other attributes are copied 2007-02-19 14:21:50 -08:00
stat.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
super.c the overdue removal of the mount/umount uevents 2007-04-27 10:57:31 -07:00
sync.c [PATCH] Turn do_sync_file_range() into do_sync_mapping_range() 2007-04-26 15:02:26 -07:00
utimes.c [PATCH] severing fs.h, radix-tree.h -> sched.h 2006-12-04 02:00:24 -05:00
xattr_acl.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
xattr.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00