linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 02/12] mm: Convert pXd_devmap checks to vma_is

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Message-ID: <20250603133509.GC386142@ziepe.ca>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 10:35:09 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12] mm: Convert pXd_devmap checks to vma_is_dax

On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 04:32:03PM +1000, Alistair Popple wrote:
> Currently dax is the only user of pmd and pud mapped ZONE_DEVICE
> pages. Therefore page walkers that want to exclude DAX pages can check
> pmd_devmap or pud_devmap. However soon dax will no longer set PFN_DEV,
> meaning dax pages are mapped as normal pages.
> 
> Ensure page walkers that currently use pXd_devmap to skip DAX pages
> continue to do so by adding explicit checks of the VMA instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
> ---
>  fs/userfaultfd.c | 2 +-
>  mm/hmm.c         | 2 +-
>  mm/userfaultfd.c | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Jason