linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/1] mm/gup_benchmark: fix MAP

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Date:   Mon, 21 Oct 2019 14:24:34 -0700
From:   John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/1] mm/gup_benchmark: fix MAP_HUGETLB case

Hi,

Here's another gup_benchmark.c fix, which I ran into while adding
support for the upcoming FOLL_PIN work. Anyway, the problem is
clearly described in the patch commit description, and the fix seems
like the best way to me, but the fix is not *completely* black and
white.

This fix forces MAP_ANONYMOUS for the MAP_HUGETLB case. However,
another way to do it might be to mmap() against a valid hugetlb
page file, instead of /dev/zero. But that seems like a lot of
trouble and if I'm reading the intent correctly, MAP_ANONYMOUS
is what's desired anyway.

John Hubbard (1):
  mm/gup_benchmark: fix MAP_HUGETLB case

 tools/testing/selftests/vm/gup_benchmark.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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