On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 08:52:06AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > > +++ b/mm/memory.c
> > > @@ -2557,9 +2557,11 @@ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > >
> > > inc_mm_counter_fast(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
> > > dec_mm_counter_fast(mm, MM_SWAPENTS);
> > > - pte = mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot);
> > > +
> > > + /* Mark dirty bit of page table because MADV_FREE relies on it */
> > > + pte = pte_mkdirty(mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot));
> > > if ((flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) && reuse_swap_page(page)) {
> > > - pte = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(pte), vma);
> > > + pte = maybe_mkwrite(pte, vma);
> > > flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
> > > ret |= VM_FAULT_WRITE;
> > > exclusive = 1;
> >
> > Hi Minchan! Really sorry for delay in reply. Look, I don't understand
> > the moment -- if page has fault on read then before the patch the
> > PTE won't carry the dirty flag but now we do set it up unconditionally
> > and to me it looks somehow strange at least because this as well
> > sets soft-dirty bit on pages which were not modified but only swapped
> > out. Am I missing something obvious?
>
> It's same one I sent a while ago and you said it's okay at that time. ;-)
Ah, I recall. If there is no way to escape dirtifying the page in pte itself
maybe we should at least not make it softdirty on read faults?
> Okay, It might be lack of description compared to one I sent long time ago
> because I moved some part of description to another patch and I didn't Cc
> you. Sorry. I hope below will remind you.
>
> https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg857827.html
>
> In summary, the problem is that in MADV_FREE point of view,
> clean anonymous page(ie, no dirty) in page table entry has a problem
> about sudden discarding under us by reclaimer. Otherwise, VM cannot
> discard MADV_FREE hinted pages by PageDirty flag of page descriptor.
>
> This patchset aims for solving the problem.
> Please feel free to ask if you have questions without wasting your time
> unless you can remind after reading above URL
>
> Thanks for looking!
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