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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 3/3] mm/madvise: free hwpoison and swapin error entry in madvise_free_pte_range
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On 2022/4/22 10:52, Peter Xu wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 10:47:32AM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>> On 2022/4/21 22:28, Peter Xu wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 08:53:48PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>>>> Once the MADV_FREE operation has succeeded, callers can expect they might
>>>> get zero-fill pages if accessing the memory again. Therefore it should be
>>>> safe to delete the hwpoison entry and swapin error entry. There is no
>>>> reason to kill the process if it has called MADV_FREE on the range.
>>>>
>>>> Suggested-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> mm/madvise.c | 13 ++++++++-----
>>>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
>>>> index 4d6592488b51..5f4537511532 100644
>>>> --- a/mm/madvise.c
>>>> +++ b/mm/madvise.c
>>>> @@ -624,11 +624,14 @@ static int madvise_free_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
>>>> swp_entry_t entry;
>>>>
>>>> entry = pte_to_swp_entry(ptent);
>>>> - if (non_swap_entry(entry))
>>>> - continue;
>>>> - nr_swap--;
>>>> - free_swap_and_cache(entry);
>>>> - pte_clear_not_present_full(mm, addr, pte, tlb->fullmm);
>>>
>>> Nitpick: IMHO you don't need to invert non_swap_entry() then it'll generate
>>> a smaller diff, just add the new code above "continue".
>>
>> I tried this way, but that lead to long line splitting, so I rewrote the code like this.
>> If you prefer to just add the new code above "continue", I will do it in the next version.
>
> No worry then, feel free to keep it as is

Will keep it. Thanks!

>>
>>>
>>>> + if (!non_swap_entry(entry)) {
>>>> + nr_swap--;
>>>> + free_swap_and_cache(entry);
>>>> + pte_clear_not_present_full(mm, addr, pte, tlb->fullmm);
>>>> + } else if (is_hwpoison_entry(entry) ||
>>>> + is_swapin_error_entry(entry)) {
>>>> + pte_clear_not_present_full(mm, addr, pte, tlb->fullmm);
>>>
>>> Since it's been discussed and you're reposting a new version anyway, why
>>> not start with either reusing hwpoison or pte markers? Or do you think it
>>> should be for future to drop the new swap entry again?
>>>
>>
>> IMHO if reusing hwpoison markers, there are some places that we need to distinguish them and do
>> different processing (and maybe also well comment them) which will make code more complicated and
>> somewhat hard to follow. And the "swapin error marker" here is most straightforward. And If pte markers
>> will support the "swapin error case" in the future, I think it's fine to change to use it then.
>> Does this make sense for you?
>
> Yeah it's fine. If the pte marker things can finally land as expected,
> maybe I can try it out as the 2nd user of it. :)

Sounds good to me. And if needed, I am glad to do it then. Thanks! ;)

>

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