linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] docs: Document soft dirty behaviour for freshly created memory regions

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Message-ID: <5213A002.7020408@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:57:38 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] docs: Document soft dirty behaviour for freshly created
 memory regions

On 08/20/13 08:31, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
> Cc: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>
> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/vm/soft-dirty.txt |    7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.git/Documentation/vm/soft-dirty.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/Documentation/vm/soft-dirty.txt
> +++ linux-2.6.git/Documentation/vm/soft-dirty.txt
> @@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ This is so, since the pages are still ma
>  the kernel does is finds this fact out and puts both writable and soft-dirty
>  bits on the PTE.
>  
> +  While in most cases tracking memory changes by #PF-s is more than enough
                                                                       enough,

> +there is still a scenario when we can loose soft dirty bit -- a task does
                                         lose soft dirty bits -- a task

> +unmap previously mapped memory region and then maps new one exactly at the

   unmaps a previously mapped memory region and then maps a new one at exactly the

> +same place. When unmap called the kernel internally clears PTEs values

               When unmap is called, the kernel internally clears PTE values

> +including soft dirty bit. To notify user space application about such
                        bits.

> +memory region renewal the kernel always mark new memory regions (and
                                           marks

> +expanded regions) as soft dirtified.

or:                  as soft dirty.

>  
>    This feature is actively used by the checkpoint-restore project. You
>  can find more details about it on http://criu.org
> --


-- 
~Randy
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