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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 12:06:28 +0200
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Subject: Re: [RFC v1 1/2] VS1544 KSM generic memory comparison functions
To: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Hi Claudio,

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Claudio Imbrenda
<imbrenda@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> This is just a refactoring of the existing code:
>
> * Split the page checksum and page comparison functions from ksm.c into
>   a new asm-generic header (page_memops.h)

... and make them inline?

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/page_memops.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
> +#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_PAGE_MEMOPS_H
> +#define _ASM_GENERIC_PAGE_MEMOPS_H
> +
> +#include <linux/mm_types.h>
> +#include <linux/highmem.h>
> +#include <linux/jhash.h>
> +
> +static inline u32 calc_page_checksum(struct page *page)
> +{
> +       void *addr = kmap_atomic(page);
> +       u32 checksum;
> +
> +       checksum = jhash2(addr, PAGE_SIZE / 4, 17);
> +       kunmap_atomic(addr);
> +       return checksum;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int memcmp_pages(struct page *page1, struct page *page2)
> +{
> +       char *addr1, *addr2;
> +       int ret;
> +
> +       addr1 = kmap_atomic(page1);
> +       addr2 = kmap_atomic(page2);
> +       ret = memcmp(addr1, addr2, PAGE_SIZE);
> +       kunmap_atomic(addr2);
> +       kunmap_atomic(addr1);
> +       return ret;
> +}

Do they really have to be inline?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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