netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH V2 5/5] vhost: access vq metadata through kernel virtual address

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Date:   Fri, 8 Mar 2019 14:13:45 -0500
From:   Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterx@...hat.com, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH V2 5/5] vhost: access vq metadata through kernel
 virtual address

On Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 04:58:44PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> Can I simply can set_page_dirty() before vunmap() in the mmu notifier 
> callback, or is there any reason that it must be called within vumap()?

I also don't see any problem in doing it before vunmap. As far as the
mmu notifier and set_page_dirty is concerned vunmap is just
put_page. It's just slower and potentially unnecessary.