On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 1:45 PM Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 09:35:49PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 04:25:42PM -0400, Peter Xu wrote:
> > > > bool __folio_lock_or_retry(struct folio *folio, struct mm_struct *mm,
> > > > unsigned int flags)
> > > > {
> > > > + /* Can't do this if not holding mmap_lock */
> > > > + if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK)
> > > > + return false;
> > >
> > > If here what we need is the page lock, can we just conditionally release
> > > either mmap lock or vma lock depending on FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK?
> >
> > See patch 5 ...
>
> Just reaching.. :)
>
> Why not in one shot, then?
I like small incremental changes, but I can squash them if that helps
in having a complete picture.
>
> --
> Peter Xu
>
