linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] mm/thp: fix THP splitting unmap BUGs and related

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Message-ID: <d645fe4c-2f9e-19fc-c6b0-c6d785854423@google.com>
Date:   Sat, 12 Jun 2021 01:20:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
To:     Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
cc:     Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
        Wang Yugui <wangyugui@...-tech.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@....com>,
        Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>, Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>,
        Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>, Jue Wang <juew@...gle.com>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] mm/thp: fix THP splitting unmap BUGs and
 related

On Sat, 12 Jun 2021, Alistair Popple wrote:
> On Saturday, 12 June 2021 6:56:36 AM AEST Hugh Dickins wrote:

I wonder how I arrived in Queensland - ^^^^ must I quarantine?

> > >
> > > As to sending my rebased series I suppose it would be best to wait until
> > > linux-mm has been updated with whatever other fixes are needed before resending
> > > it based on top of that. So far rebasing on this series didn't require too many
> > > drastic changes to my v10 series. The most significant was to incorporate your
> > > changes to unmap_page(). The remaining were just adding the TTU_SYNC case to
> > > try_to_migrate{_one} and a single s/migration_entry_to_page/pfn_swap_entry_to_page/
> > > in huge_memory.c
> > 
> > Yes, I think that's it.  But check your try_to_migrate_one(), it may
> > want the same range.end vma_address_end() mod I made in try_to_unmap_one().
> > 
> > And does try_to_migrate_one() still have a comment referring to
> > try_to_unmap() when it should say try_to_migrate() there?
> 
> Thanks for the pointers, I had caught both those as well.
> 
> > I've now located the diffs I missed from sending akpm before,
> > and diffed the diffs, and those are the points I see there;
> > but sending them now will just be a waste of everyones time.
> > No substitute for me checking your end result when it comes,
> > though I fear to do so since there's much more in your series
> > than I can wrap my head around without a lot more education.
> 
> The first few patches in the series (and the ones with conflicts) are
> clean-ups, so shouldn't change any behaviour. I'm reasonably confident I caught
> everything  but would certainly appreciate you checking the end result in the
> early patches when I post just to make sure I didn't miss anything. Thanks.
> 
> Also I have been getting bounce responses trying to deliver mail to linux-mm
> in case anyone is wondering why these might not be showing up on the mailing
> list. Looks to be some kind of mail loop, but not sure if it's at my end or
> somewhere else.

linux-mm@...ck.org has been having trouble recently.

See https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/YMJrk81oZa5ArWPw@cmpxchg.org/

There are more messages in that thread, but only one has got out.

Hugh