linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] mm/memory: convert do_shared

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Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2023 13:16:25 -0700
From:   Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@...cle.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] mm/memory: convert do_shared_fault() to folios

On 7/5/23 1:13 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 12:43:34PM -0700, Sidhartha Kumar wrote:
>>   	/*
>>   	 * Check if the backing address space wants to know that the page is
>>   	 * about to become writable
>>   	 */
>>   	if (vma->vm_ops->page_mkwrite) {
>> -		unlock_page(vmf->page);
>> +		folio_unlock(folio);
>>   		tmp = do_page_mkwrite(vmf);
>>   		if (unlikely(!tmp ||
>>   				(tmp & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE)))) {
>> -			put_page(vmf->page);
>> +			folio_put(folio);
> 
> This is _probably_ OK.  However, do_page_mkwrite() calls
> vm_ops->page_mkwrite(), and I think it's theoretically possible for the
> driver to replace vmf->page with a different one.  The chance of them
> actually doing that is pretty low (particularly if they return error or
> nopage!), but I'm going to flag it just in case it comes up.
> 
> Also, should we pass a folio to do_page_mkwrite() instead of having it
> extract the folio from vmf->page?

I can take a look at doing this in a follow-up patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>

Did you mean for this to be reviewed-by?

Thanks,
Sidhartha Kumar