Re: [PATCH 06/10] mm/hugetlb: Make hugetlb_follow_page_mask() safe to pmd unshare

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To: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] mm/hugetlb: Make hugetlb_follow_page_mask() safe to pmd unshare
From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:09:15 +0100
Cc: James Houghton <jthoughton@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>, Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx>, Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>, Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On 29.11.22 20:35, Peter Xu wrote:

Since hugetlb_follow_page_mask() walks the pgtable, it needs the vma lock
to make sure the pgtable page will not be freed concurrently.

Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb

References:
- [PATCH 00/10] mm/hugetlb: Make huge_pte_offset() thread-safe for pmd unshare
  - From: Peter Xu
- [PATCH 06/10] mm/hugetlb: Make hugetlb_follow_page_mask() safe to pmd unshare
  - From: Peter Xu

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