Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] hugetlbfs: add swap entry check in follow_hugetlb_page()

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On Tue 09-04-13 18:00:34, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
[...]
> I rewrite the comment here, how about this?
> 
> -		if (absent ||
> +		/*
> +		 * We need call hugetlb_fault for both hugepages under migration
> +		 * (in which case hugetlb_fault waits for the migration,) and
> +		 * hwpoisoned hugepages (in which case we need to prevent the
> +		 * caller from accessing to them.) In order to do this, we use
> +		 * here is_swap_pte instead of is_hugetlb_entry_migration and
> +		 * is_hugetlb_entry_hwpoisoned. This is because it simply covers
> +		 * both cases, and because we can't follow correct pages directly
> +		 * from any kind of swap entries.
> +		 */
> +		if (absent || is_swap_pte(huge_ptep_get(pte)) ||
>  		    ((flags & FOLL_WRITE) && !pte_write(huge_ptep_get(pte)))) {
>  			int ret;

OK, thanks!

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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