On Tue, Jan 03, 2023 at 04:27:32PM -0800, Mike Kravetz wrote: > zap_page_range was originally designed to unmap pages within an address > range that could span multiple vmas. While working on [1], it was > discovered that all callers of zap_page_range pass a range entirely within > a single vma. In addition, the mmu notification call within zap_page > range does not correctly handle ranges that span multiple vmas. When > crossing a vma boundary, a new mmu_notifier_range_init/end call pair > with the new vma should be made. > > Instead of fixing zap_page_range, do the following: > - Create a new routine zap_vma_pages() that will remove all pages within > the passed vma. Most users of zap_page_range pass the entire vma and > can use this new routine. > - For callers of zap_page_range not passing the entire vma, instead call > zap_page_range_single(). > - Remove zap_page_range. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20221114235507.294320-2-mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx/ > Suggested-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> -- Peter Xu
