linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 2/6] userfaultfd: disable huge PMD sharing for MINOR registered VMAs

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Message-ID: <ad7a9417-2172-499c-c3a6-db78f2212f4d@oracle.com>
Date:   Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:33:51 -0800
From:   Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To:     Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
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Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
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        Oliver Upton <oupton@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/6] userfaultfd: disable huge PMD sharing for MINOR
 registered VMAs

On 2/18/21 4:48 PM, Axel Rasmussen wrote:
> As the comment says: for the MINOR fault use case, although the page
> might be present and populated in the other (non-UFFD-registered) half
> of the mapping, it may be out of date, and we explicitly want userspace
> to get a minor fault so it can check and potentially update the page's
> contents.
> 
> Huge PMD sharing would prevent these faults from occurring for
> suitably aligned areas, so disable it upon UFFD registration.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>

Thanks,

Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
-- 
Mike Kravetz