linux-kernel - RE: [RFC PATCH v1 2/4] mm: also set VMA in khugepaged range invalidation

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Date:   Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:16:21 +0000
From:   Mircea CIRJALIU - MELIU <mcirjaliu@...defender.com>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
CC:     "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        "aarcange@...hat.com" <aarcange@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH v1 2/4] mm: also set VMA in khugepaged range
 invalidation

> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 09:29:21AM +0000, Mircea CIRJALIU - MELIU wrote:
> > MMU notifier client may need the VMA for extra info.
> > This change is needed by the remote mapping feature that inspects anon
> > VMAs with huge mappings.
> 
> The change itself is okay, but commit message should be better.
> 
> Do we have any user of mmu notifiers in current kernel that affected by the
> missing vma here?

No. This patch is a small part of a series of commits for the remote mapping feature.
The kernel can do well without it.

> 
> And subject starting with 'also' looks wrong to me.
> 
> --
>  Kirill A. Shutemov

Mircea