mm/migrate.c: migrate PG_readahead flag
Currently the migration code doesn't migrate PG_readahead flag. Theoretically this would incur slight performance loss as the application might have to ramp its readahead back up again. Even though such problem happens, it might be hidden by something else since migration is typically triggered by compaction and NUMA balancing, any of which should be more noticeable. Migrate the flag after end_page_writeback() since it may clear PG_reclaim flag, which is the same bit as PG_readahead, for the new page. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: tweak comment] Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1581640185-95731-1-git-send-email-yang.shi@linux.alibaba.comSigned-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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