linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/6] mm/userfaultfd: add __mcopy_atomic_hugetlb for huge page UFFDIO

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Date:	Tue, 07 Jun 2016 14:27:48 +0800
From:	"Hillf Danton" <hillf.zj@...baba-inc.com>
To:	"'Mike Kravetz'" <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	"'Andrea Arcangeli'" <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	"'Hugh Dickins'" <hughd@...gle.com>,
	"'Dave Hansen'" <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"'Kirill A. Shutemov'" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	"'Naoya Horiguchi'" <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	"'Michal Hocko'" <mhocko@...e.com>,
	"'Andrew Morton'" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/6] mm/userfaultfd: add __mcopy_atomic_hugetlb for huge page UFFDIO_COPY

> @@ -182,6 +354,13 @@ retry:
>  		goto out_unlock;
> 
>  	/*
> +	 * If this is a HUGETLB vma, pass off to appropriate routine
> +	 */
> +	if (dst_vma->vm_flags & VM_HUGETLB)

Use is_vm_hugetlb_page()?
And in cases in subsequent patches?

Hillf
> +		return  __mcopy_atomic_hugetlb(dst_mm, dst_vma, dst_start,
> +						src_start, len, false);
> +
> +	/*
>  	 * Be strict and only allow __mcopy_atomic on userfaultfd
>  	 * registered ranges to prevent userland errors going
>  	 * unnoticed. As far as the VM consistency is concerned, it
> --
> 2.4.11