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SubjectRe: [PATCH v9] mm: support madvise(MADV_FREE)
On Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 09:36:15AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> + do {
> + /*
> + * XXX: We can optimize with supporting Hugepage free
> + * if the range covers.
> + */
> + next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
> + if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd))
> + split_huge_page_pmd(vma, addr, pmd);

Could you implement proper THP support before upstreaming the feature?
It shouldn't be a big deal.

> + /*
> + * Here there can be other concurrent MADV_DONTNEED or
> + * trans huge page faults running, and if the pmd is
> + * none or trans huge it can change under us. This is
> + * because MADV_LAZYFREE holds the mmap_sem in read
> + * mode.
> + */
> + if (pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad(pmd))
> + goto next;
> + next = madvise_free_pte_range(tlb, vma, pmd, addr, next);
> +next:
> + cond_resched();
> + } while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);

--
Kirill A. Shutemov


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