On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 11:40 AM Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
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> >
> > +/*
> > + * Walks the vma's mapping a page and mlocks the page if any locked vma's are
> > + * found. Once one is found the page is locked and the scan can be terminated.
> > + */
>
> Can you please add that this requires the mmap_sem() lock to the
> comments?
>
Why does this require mmap_sem() lock? Also mmap_sem() lock of which mm_struct?
> > +static bool page_mlock_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > + unsigned long address, void *unused)
> > +{
> > + struct page_vma_mapped_walk pvmw = {
> > + .page = page,
> > + .vma = vma,
> > + .address = address,
> > + };
> > +
> > + /* An un-locked vma doesn't have any pages to lock, continue the scan */
> > + if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED))
> > + return true;
> > +
> > + while (page_vma_mapped_walk(&pvmw)) {
> > + /* PTE-mapped THP are never mlocked */
> > + if (!PageTransCompound(page))
> > + mlock_vma_page(page);
> > + page_vma_mapped_walk_done(&pvmw);
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * no need to continue scanning other vma's if the page has
> > + * been locked.
> > + */
> > + return false;
> > + }
> > +
> > + return true;
> > +}
