On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 5:49 AM Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 01:26:50PM -0700, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote: > > hugetlb_no_page() can use the struct vm_fault passed in from > > hugetlb_fault(). This alleviates the stack by consolidating 7 > > variables into a single struct. > > > > Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > mm/hugetlb.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- > > 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c > > index 360b82374a89..aca2f11b4138 100644 > > --- a/mm/hugetlb.c > > +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c > > @@ -6189,9 +6189,7 @@ static bool hugetlb_pte_stable(struct hstate *h, struct mm_struct *mm, > > > > static vm_fault_t hugetlb_no_page(struct mm_struct *mm, > > struct vm_area_struct *vma, > > - struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t idx, > > - unsigned long address, pte_t *ptep, > > - pte_t old_pte, unsigned int flags, > > + struct address_space *mapping, > > AFAICS all this can be self-contained in vm_fault struct. > vmf->vma->mm and vmf->vma. > I mean, if we want to convert this interface, why not going all the way? > > Looks a bit odd some fields yes while some others remain. > > Or am I missing something? Mainly just minimizing code churn, we would either unnecessarily change multiple lines using vma or have to declare the variables again anyways (or have extra churn I didn't like).