linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] mm/madvise: thread mm_struct through madvise

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Message-ID: <fb9f80e9-9eb3-4f9b-8214-ad1d5e852ae3@suse.cz>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:19:05 +0200
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.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>,
 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 2/5] mm/madvise: thread mm_struct through madvise_behavior

On 6/19/25 22:26, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> There's no need to thread a pointer to the mm_struct nor have different
> functions signatures for each behaviour, instead store state in the struct
> madvise_behavior object consistently and use it for all madvise() actions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>

Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>