linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: move ->mremap() from file_operations to vm_operations

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Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2015 22:23:13 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
	Kirill Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: move ->mremap() from file_operations to
 vm_operations_struct

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 05:49:14PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 06/23, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > On 06/23, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 08:02:51PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > > > vma->vm_ops->mremap() looks more natural and clean in move_vma(),
> > > > and this way ->mremap() can have more users. Say, vdso.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  fs/aio.c           |   25 ++++++++++++++++---------
> > > >  include/linux/fs.h |    1 -
> > > >  include/linux/mm.h |    1 +
> > > >  mm/mremap.c        |    4 ++--
> > >
> > > Please, update Documentation/filesystems/Locking.
> >
> > OK, thanks, will do.
> 
> Wait... Documentation/filesystems/Locking doesn't mention
> ->mremap() at all.
> 
> So you actually ask me to add the new documentation? ;)

I tried ;)

> Oh well... OK, I'll try if you think this is necessary.
> 
> I tried to make the minimal change before ->mremap() finds another
> user in file_operations. I thinks it needs more arguments, at least
> new_addr and new_len, otherwise it is not easy to document it. The
> same for f_op->mremap() of course.
> 
> Currently this does not matter, the only user is aio.c and
> VM_DONTEXPAND means that it is not mergeable, so mremap() always
> creates the new vma.
> 
> Hmm. Can't we do this change and add the documentation later?

I'm fine with that.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
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