Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] mm: handle swap page faults under VMA lock if page is uncontended

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On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 1:45 PM Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 09:35:49PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 04:25:42PM -0400, Peter Xu wrote:
> > > >  bool __folio_lock_or_retry(struct folio *folio, struct mm_struct *mm,
> > > >                    unsigned int flags)
> > > >  {
> > > > + /* Can't do this if not holding mmap_lock */
> > > > + if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK)
> > > > +         return false;
> > >
> > > If here what we need is the page lock, can we just conditionally release
> > > either mmap lock or vma lock depending on FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK?
> >
> > See patch 5 ...
>
> Just reaching.. :)
>
> Why not in one shot, then?

I like small incremental changes, but I can squash them if that helps
in having a complete picture.

>
> --
> Peter Xu
>




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