linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 0/2] hugetlb MADV_DONTNEED fix and zap_page

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Message-ID: <Y21VEJm48uCNRaKd@monkey>
Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2022 11:46:24 -0800
From:   Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@...ux.dev>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>,
        Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/2] hugetlb MADV_DONTNEED fix and zap_page_range
 cleanup

On 11/07/22 17:19, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> Sending v8 as a two patch series.
> Patch 1 addressed the huegtlb MADV_DONTNEED bug and should eventually go
> to stable releases.
> Patch 2 is cleanup which removes zap_page_range and changes as all callers
> to use the new zap_vma_range routine as they only pass ranges within a
> single vma.
> 
> These changes inspired by discussions with Nadav and Peter.
> 
> Andrew, I would suggest not replacing the patch currently in
> mm-hotfixes-unstable branch until there is some feedback here.

Any comments?

Because of previous churn I asked Andrew not to add to his tree.  v7 with
zap_page_range fixup is sitting in mm-hotfixes-unstable.
-- 
Mike Kravetz