linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] mm/madvise: thread VMA range state through madvise

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Message-ID: <E4B93300-C21A-4F08-9CB6-3C1F0357394C@nvidia.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:02:38 -0400
From: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
 Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
 "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>, Nico Pache <npache@...hat.com>,
 Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@....com>,
 Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
 Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lance Yang <ioworker0@...il.com>,
 SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>, Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] mm/madvise: thread VMA range state through
 madvise_behavior

On 20 Jun 2025, at 11:33, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:

> Rather than updating start and a confusing local parameter 'tmp' in
> madvise_walk_vmas(), instead store the current range being operated upon in
> the struct madvise_behavior helper object in a range pair and use this
> consistently in all operations.
>
> This makes it clearer what is going on and opens the door to further
> cleanup now we store state regarding what is currently being operated upon
> here.
>
> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
> ---
>  mm/madvise.c | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>

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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi