Re: + mm-migratec-rework-migration_entry_wait-to-not-take-a-pageref.patch added to -mm tree

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On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 01:54:27PM -0800, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> +++ a/mm/migrate.c
> @@ -305,15 +305,7 @@ void __migration_entry_wait(struct mm_st
>  	page = pfn_swap_entry_to_page(entry);
>  	page = compound_head(page);
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Once page cache replacement of page migration started, page_count
> -	 * is zero; but we must not call put_and_wait_on_page_locked() without
> -	 * a ref. Use get_page_unless_zero(), and just fault again if it fails.
> -	 */
> -	if (!get_page_unless_zero(page))
> -		goto out;
> -	pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
> -	put_and_wait_on_page_locked(page, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> +	migration_entry_wait_on_locked(page_folio(page), ptep, ptl);

This is clearly bogus.  The 'page = compound_head(page)' line should
be deleted.

But I think we should go further and turn this into:

	migration_entry_wait_on_locked(entry, ptep, ptl);

Neither caller has anything useful to do with the page any more.




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