linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] MADVISE_FREE, THP: Fix madvise_free_huge

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Date:	Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:26:24 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Ebru Akagunduz <ebru.akagunduz@...il.com>,
	<linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] MADVISE_FREE, THP: Fix madvise_free_huge_pmd return
 value after splitting

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 10:36:29AM -0700, Huang, Ying wrote:
> From: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
> 
> madvise_free_huge_pmd should return 0 if the fallback PTE operations are
> required.  In madvise_free_huge_pmd, if part pages of THP are discarded,
> the THP will be split and fallback PTE operations should be used if
> splitting succeeds.  But the original code will make fallback PTE
> operations skipped, after splitting succeeds.  Fix that via make
> madvise_free_huge_pmd return 0 after splitting successfully, so that the
> fallback PTE operations will be done.
> 
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>

Thanks!