linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] drm/shmem-helper: Add huge page fault handler

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Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 23:53:55 +0100
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Loïc Molinari <loic.molinari@...labora.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] drm/shmem-helper: Add huge page fault handler

On Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 11:30:44AM +0200, Loïc Molinari wrote:
> -static vm_fault_t drm_gem_shmem_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> +static vm_fault_t drm_gem_shmem_huge_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf,
> +					   unsigned int order)

>From the mm side, we'd much rather you implemented ->map_pages than
->huge_fault.  It's far more flexible; for example it'll support ARM's
contpte which ->huge_fault() doesn't.