linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: fix pgoff computation when unmapping page from vma

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Date:	Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:14:37 +0100
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
Cc:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: fix pgoff computation when unmapping page
 from vma

[CCing Mel]

On Tue 20-12-11 21:45:51, Hillf Danton wrote:
> The computation for pgoff is incorrect, at least with
> 
> 	(vma->vm_pgoff >> PAGE_SHIFT)
> 
> involved. It is fixed with the available method if HPAGE_SIZE is concerned in
> page cache lookup.

Have you seen this as a real issue? I guess nobody noticed as it is
quite rare error case.
Anyways, yes, looks good. 

> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>

> ---
> 
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c	Tue Dec 20 21:26:30 2011
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c	Tue Dec 20 21:40:44 2011
> @@ -2315,8 +2315,7 @@ static int unmap_ref_private(struct mm_s
>  	 * from page cache lookup which is in HPAGE_SIZE units.
>  	 */
>  	address = address & huge_page_mask(h);
> -	pgoff = ((address - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
> -		+ (vma->vm_pgoff >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +	pgoff = linear_hugepage_index(vma, address);

You have hstate so you can use vma_hugecache_offset directly

>  	mapping = (struct address_space *)page_private(page);
> 
>  	/*
> 

Thanks
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
SUSE LINUX s.r.o.
Lihovarska 1060/12
190 00 Praha 9    
Czech Republic
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