Re: [PATCH 13/21] mm: Pass vm_fault structure into do_page_mkwrite()

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On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 05:25:09AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> We will need more information in the ->page_mkwrite() helper for DAX to
> be able to fully finish faults there. Pass vm_fault structure to
> do_page_mkwrite() and use it there so that information propagates
> properly from upper layers.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/memory.c | 19 +++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 4da66c984c2c..c89f99c270bc 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -2038,20 +2038,14 @@ static gfp_t __get_fault_gfp_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>   *
>   * We do this without the lock held, so that it can sleep if it needs to.
>   */
> -static int do_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
> -	       unsigned long address)
> +static int do_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  {
> -	struct vm_fault vmf;
>  	int ret;
> +	struct page *page = vmf->page;
>  
> -	vmf.address = address;
> -	vmf.pgoff = page->index;
> -	vmf.flags = FAULT_FLAG_WRITE|FAULT_FLAG_MKWRITE;
> -	vmf.gfp_mask = __get_fault_gfp_mask(vma);
> -	vmf.page = page;
> -	vmf.cow_page = NULL;
> +	vmf->flags = FAULT_FLAG_WRITE|FAULT_FLAG_MKWRITE;

This can be destructive: we loose rest of the flags here. It's probably
okay in current state of the code, but may be should restore them before
return from do_page_mkwrite()?

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov

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