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SubjectRe: [PATCH mmotm] mempolicy: mbind_range() set_policy() after vma_merge()
On Fri, 4 Mar 2022, Liam Howlett wrote:
> * Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com> [220304 13:49]:
> > * Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> [220303 23:36]:
>
> I just thought of something after my initial email
>
> How does the ->set_policy() requirement on tmpfs play out for the
> mpol_equal() check earlier in that for loop?

It took me a while to page all this back in (and remind myself of
what is case 8) to answer that question!

The answer is that the mpol_equal() check at the top of the loop is on
an existing, unmodified vma; so it's right to assume that any necessary
set_policy() has already been done.

Whereas the mpol_equal() check being removed in this patch, is being
done on a vma which may have just been extended to cover a greater range:
so although the relevant set_policy() may have already been done on a part
of its range, there is now another part which needs the policy applied.

> > Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>

Thank you, your review is very welcome (but mainly I Cc'ed to alert
you to how I'm probably stepping on your toes a little here - sorry).

Hugh

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