linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] mm/hugetlb: fix hugetlb not supporting write-notify

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Message-ID: <40b78cfd-c43a-8624-cd1e-8680a081a10d@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Aug 2022 11:29:01 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
Cc:     Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>,
        Peter Feiner <pfeiner@...gle.com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] mm/hugetlb: fix hugetlb not supporting
 write-notify

On 08.08.22 21:28, Peter Xu wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 06:36:58PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> Well, because the write-fault handler as is cannot deal with
>> write-faults in shared mappings. It cannot possibly work or ever have
>> worked.
> 
> Trivially - maybe drop the word "require" in "Hugetlb does not
> require/support writenotify"?
> 

Sure, can do.

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb