On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 7:21 AM Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [..] > > > @@ -1268,10 +1246,14 @@ static long check_and_migrate_cma_pages(unsigned long start, long nr_pages, > > > putback_movable_pages(&cma_page_list); > > > } > > > /* > > > - * We did migrate all the pages, Try to get the page references again > > > - * migrating any new CMA pages which we failed to isolate earlier. > > > + * We did migrate all the pages, Try to get the page references > > > + * again migrating any new CMA pages which we failed to isolate > > > + * earlier. > > > */ > > > - nr_pages = get_user_pages(start, nr_pages, gup_flags, pages, vmas); > > > + nr_pages = __get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, > > > + pages, vmas, NULL, > > > + gup_flags); > > > + > > > > Why did this need to change to __get_user_pages_locked? > > __get_uer_pages_locked() is now the "internal call" for get_user_pages. > > Technically it did not _have_ to change but there is no need to call > get_user_pages() again because the FOLL_TOUCH flags is already set. Also this > call then matches the __get_user_pages_locked() which was called on the pages > we migrated from. Mostly this keeps the code "symmetrical" in that we called > __get_user_pages_locked() on the pages we are migrating from and the same call > on the pages we migrated to. > > While the change here looks funny I think the final code is better. Agree, but I think that either needs to be noted in the changelog so it's not a surprise, or moved to a follow-on cleanup patch.
