linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] mincore: apply page table walker on do_mincore() (Re: [PATCH 00/10] mm: pagewalk: huge page cleanups and VMA passing)

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Date:	Tue, 03 Jun 2014 08:59:45 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
To:	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] mincore: apply page table walker on do_mincore()
 (Re: [PATCH 00/10] mm: pagewalk: huge page cleanups and VMA passing)

On 06/02/2014 11:18 PM, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> +	/*
> +	 * Huge pages are always in RAM for now, but
> +	 * theoretically it needs to be checked.
> +	 */
> +	present = pte && !huge_pte_none(huge_ptep_get(pte));
> +	for (; addr != end; vec++, addr += PAGE_SIZE)
> +		*vec = present;
> +	cond_resched();
> +	walk->private += (end - addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;

That comment is bogus, fwiw.  Huge pages are demand-faulted and it's
quite possible that they are not present.
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