> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wang, Haiyue
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2022 10:11
> To: Huang, Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; david@xxxxxxxxxx;
> linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx; songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; naoya.horiguchi@xxxxxxxxx; alex.sierra@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm: migration: fix the FOLL_GET failure on following huge page
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Huang, Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2022 09:59
> > To: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; david@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx; songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; naoya.horiguchi@xxxxxxxxx; alex.sierra@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm: migration: fix the FOLL_GET failure on following huge page
> >
> > Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >
> > > This is an temporary solution to mitigate the racing fix.
> >
> > Why is it "racing fix"? This isn't a race condition fix.
>
> The 'Fixes' commit is about race condition fix.
>
> How about " his is an temporary solution to mitigate the side effect
> Of the race condition fix"
Try to add more words to make things clean:
"This is an temporary solution to mitigate the side effect of the race
condition fix by calling follow_page() with FOLL_GET set."
>
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Huang, Ying
> >
> > > After supporting follow huge page by FOLL_GET is done, this fix can be
> > > reverted safely.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 4cd614841c06 ("mm: migration: fix possible do_pages_stat_array racing with memory offline")
> > > Signed-off-by: Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > [snip]
