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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:02:26 -0500 From: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com> To: Dave Hansen <hansendc@...ibm.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/13] maps#2: Add /proc/kpagemap interface On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 12:06:38PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 17:03 -0500, Matt Mackall wrote: > > > > +static ssize_t kpagemap_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, > > + size_t count, loff_t *ppos) > > +{ > ... > > + for (; i < 2 * chunk / KPMSIZE; i += 2, pfn++) { > > + ppage = pfn_to_page(pfn); > > + if (!ppage) { > > + page[i] = 0; > > + page[i + 1] = 0; > > + } else { > > + page[i] = ppage->flags; > > + page[i + 1] = atomic_read(&ppage->_count); > > + } > > + } > > I think this needs a pfn_valid() check for sparse/discontig systems. I > think we'll oops if we have holes because we don't check pfn_valid() > inside of pfn_to_page(). Are there cases where pfn_valid is true but pfn_to_page doesn't work? In other words, do I still only need two cases? -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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