linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] userfaultfd: change src_folio after ensuring it's unpinned in UFFDIO

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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:09:57 -0400
From: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
	Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@...gle.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...roid.com, aarcange@...hat.com, david@...hat.com,
	zhengqi.arch@...edance.com, kaleshsingh@...gle.com,
	ngeoffray@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] userfaultfd: change src_folio after ensuring it's
 unpinned in UFFDIO_MOVE

On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 02:07:45PM -0700, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> Yes, I was typing my reply :)
> This might have happened simply because lock_vma_under_rcu() was
> originally developed to handle only anonymous page faults and then got
> expanded to cover file-backed cases as well. Your suggestion seems
> fine to me but I would feel much more comfortable after Matthew (who
> added file-backed support) reviewed it.

Thanks.

Just in case this will fall through the cracks (while I still think we
should do it..), I sent a formal patch just now with some more information
in the commit log.  Any further review comments welcomed there.

-- 
Peter Xu