Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] mm/khugepaged: fix khugepaged+shmem races

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 05:54:36PM +0900, David Stevens wrote:
> From: David Stevens <stevensd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Fix two races in khugepaged+shmem that cause issues with userfaultfd and
> lseek, respectively.
> 
> v3 -> v4:
>  - Base changes on mm-everything (fba720cb4dc0)
>  - Add patch to refactor error handling control flow in collapse_file
>  - Rebase userfaultfd patch with no significant logic changes
>  - Different approach for fixing lseek race

I just noticed this one hasn't landed unstable, so I guess I just posted a
trivial cleanup that can conflict with this so it won't apply cleanly..

https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230303151218.311015-1-peterx@xxxxxxxxxx

The resolution will be fairly straightforward though, and I'm happy to
rebase that one to this since this targets a real bug so should have higher
priority.

I guess it's possible Andrew thought the series has unsettled comment so
Andrew could just have ignored that whole set in the mark ups.  A repost
could possibly clarify that.

Again, it'll always great to get another eye on this slightly involved
series. Matthew / Yang were already on the list, also copying Zach for his
recent works on khugepaged just in case he spots anything wrong.

Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu





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