linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 04/13] mm/shmem: Restrict MFD_INACCESSIBLE memory against RLIMIT

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Message-ID: <20220412133925.GG8013@chaop.bj.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:39:25 +0800
From:   Chao Peng <chao.p.peng@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 04/13] mm/shmem: Restrict MFD_INACCESSIBLE memory
 against RLIMIT_MEMLOCK

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 06:32:33PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 04:05:36PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Hmm, shmem_writepage() already handles SHM_F_INACCESSIBLE by rejecting the swap, so
> > maybe it's just the page migration path that needs to be updated?
> 
> My early version prevented migration with -ENOTSUPP for
> address_space_operations::migratepage().
> 
> What's wrong with that approach?

I previously thought migratepage will not be called since we already
marked the pages as UNMOVABLE, sounds not correct?

Thanks,
Chao
> 
> -- 
>  Kirill A. Shutemov