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mm: better document PG_reserved
authorDavid Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Tue, 5 Mar 2019 23:47:36 +0000 (15:47 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 6 Mar 2019 05:07:19 +0000 (21:07 -0800)
commit537663c8564ee082a937058fa7794d184dd44da2
treefc8d5f471a37e1d308005799d20f46957ae96091
parent270d122d2d9fc638ce2b6af590103c7cb688a6a4
mm: better document PG_reserved

The usage of PG_reserved and how PG_reserved pages are to be treated is
buried deep down in different parts of the kernel.  Let's shine some
light onto these details by documenting current users and expected
behavior.

Especially, clarify on the "Some of them might not even exist" case.
These are physical memory gaps that will never be dumped as they are not
marked as IORESOURCE_SYSRAM.  PG_reserved does in general not hinder
anybody from dumping or swapping.  In some cases, these pages will not
be stored in the hibernation image.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190114125903.24845-10-david@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Anthony Yznaga <anthony.yznaga@oracle.com>
Cc: Miles Chen <miles.chen@mediatek.com>
Cc: <yi.z.zhang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/page-flags.h