linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] use nth_page() in place of direct struct page manipulation.

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Message-ID: <4B9F90AF-196B-4021-961E-4D08A8128272@nvidia.com>
Date:   Thu, 31 Aug 2023 11:37:24 -0400
From:   Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
To:     Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>
Cc:     Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        "\"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)\"" <willy@...radead.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        "\"Mike Rapoport (IBM)\"" <rppt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] use nth_page() in place of direct struct page
 manipulation.

On 31 Aug 2023, at 3:17, Muchun Song wrote:

>> On Aug 31, 2023, at 02:27, Zi Yan <zi.yan@...t.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
>>
>> When dealing with hugetlb pages, struct page is not guaranteed to be
>> contiguous on SPARSEMEM without VMEMMAP. Use nth_page() to handle it
>> properly.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com <mailto:ziy@...dia.com>>
>
> Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
>
> It's better to add a Fixes tag to the commit 38c1ddbde6.

Thanks. Will add it in the next version.

--
Best Regards,
Yan, Zi

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