Re: [PATCH v2 03/40] mm/rmap: introduce and use hugetlb_add_file_rmap()

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On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 11:44:27PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> hugetlb rmap handling differs quite a lot from "ordinary" rmap code.
> For example, hugetlb currently only supports entire mappings, and treats
> any mapping as mapped using a single "logical PTE". Let's move it out
> of the way so we can overhaul our "ordinary" rmap.
> implementation/interface.
> 
> Right now we're using page_dup_file_rmap() in some cases where "ordinary"
> rmap code would have used page_add_file_rmap(). So let's introduce and
> use hugetlb_add_file_rmap() instead. We won't be adding a
> "hugetlb_dup_file_rmap()" functon for the fork() case, as it would be
> doing the same: "dup" is just an optimization for "add".
> 
> What remains is a single page_dup_file_rmap() call in fork() code.
> 
> Add sanity checks that we end up with the right folios in the right
> functions.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Yin Fengwei <fengwei.yin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>




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