linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add PUD and kernel PTE level pagetable account

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Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2022 08:48:07 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add PUD and kernel PTE level pagetable account

On 7/6/22 01:59, Baolin Wang wrote:
> Now we will miss to account the PUD level pagetable and kernel PTE level
> pagetable, as well as missing to set the PG_table flags for these pagetable
> pages, which will get an inaccurate pagetable accounting, and miss
> PageTable() validation in some cases. So this patch set introduces new
> helpers to help to account PUD and kernel PTE pagetable pages.

Could you explain the motivation for this series a bit more?  Is there a
real-world problem that this fixes?