linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 00/17] mm, kvm: allow uffd suppot in guest

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Message-ID: <2359d7d3-61fa-4b29-9205-b9ad96839729@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:52:19 +0100
From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@...nel.org>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>,
 Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>, Hugh Dickins
 <hughd@...gle.com>, James Houghton <jthoughton@...gle.com>,
 "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>, Michal Hocko
 <mhocko@...e.com>, Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
 Nikita Kalyazin <kalyazin@...zon.com>, Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Sean Christopherson
 <seanjc@...gle.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
 Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 00/17] mm, kvm: allow uffd suppot in guest_memfd

>>> -
>>>    	/* folio not in the pagecache, try to allocate */
>>>    	if (IS_ERR(folio))
>>>    		folio = __kvm_gmem_folio_alloc(inode, vmf->pgoff);
>>
>> That looks better in general. We should likely find a better/more consistent
>> name for fault_process_userfaultfd().
> 
> __do_userfault()? :)

Yes, that matches the naming scheme :)
-- 
Cheers,

David