linux-kernel - Re: [RFC V2] mm: Generalize notify_page

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Message-ID: <20190605112328.GB2025@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 5 Jun 2019 04:23:28 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
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        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC V2] mm: Generalize notify_page_fault()

On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 09:19:22PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com> writes:
> > Similar notify_page_fault() definitions are being used by architectures
> > duplicating much of the same code. This attempts to unify them into a
> > single implementation, generalize it and then move it to a common place.
> > kprobes_built_in() can detect CONFIG_KPROBES, hence notify_page_fault()
> > need not be wrapped again within CONFIG_KPROBES. Trap number argument can
> > now contain upto an 'unsigned int' accommodating all possible platforms.
> ...
> 
> You've changed several of the architectures from something like above,
> where it disables preemption around the call into the below:
> 
> 
> Which skips everything if we're preemptible. Is that an equivalent
> change? If so can you please explain why in more detail.

See the discussion in v1 of this patch, which you were cc'd on.

I agree the description here completely fails to mention why the change.
It should mention commit a980c0ef9f6d8c.

> Also why not have it return bool?
> 
> cheers
>