linux-kernel - Re: fs/proc/task_mmu: Implement IOCTL for efficient page table scanning

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jul 2023 13:29:20 +0200
From:   Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:     Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
Cc:     Andrei Vagin <avagin@...il.com>,
        Danylo Mocherniuk <mdanylo@...gle.com>,
        Alex Sierra <alex.sierra@....com>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Michał Mirosław <emmir@...gle.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>, Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>,
        Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>,
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        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
        Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@...driver.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...labora.com
Subject: Re: fs/proc/task_mmu: Implement IOCTL for efficient page table
 scanning

On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 03:48:22PM +0500, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> On 7/21/23 12:28 AM, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> > This is a massaged version of patch by Muhammad Usama Anjum [1]
> > to illustrate my review comments and hopefully push the implementation
> > efforts closer to conclusion. The changes are:
> Thank you so much for this effort. I also want to reach conclusion. I'll
> agree with all the changes which don't affect me. But some requirements
> aren't being fulfilled with this current design.
[...]
> #define PAGE_IS_WPASYNC		(1 << 0)
> #define PAGE_IS_WRITTEN		(1 << 1)
> You have another new flag PAGE_IS_WPASYNC. But there is no application of
> PAGE_IS_WPASYNC. We must not add a flag which don't have any user.

BTW, I'm not sure I got the PAGE_IS_WPASYNC naming right - this is to
designate pages that can be write-protected (are UFFD-registered I believe).

Best Regards
Michał Mirosław