+ ksm-abstract-the-function-try_to_get_old_rmap_item-v6.patch added to mm-unstable branch

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The patch titled
     Subject: ksm-abstract-the-function-try_to_get_old_rmap_item-v6
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     ksm-abstract-the-function-try_to_get_old_rmap_item-v6.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/ksm-abstract-the-function-try_to_get_old_rmap_item-v6.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: ksm-abstract-the-function-try_to_get_old_rmap_item-v6
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 09:16:42 +0800 (CST)

modify some comments according to David's suggestions.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/202302100916423431376@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Xiaokai Ran <ran.xiaokai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Yang Yang <yang.yang29@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Xuexin Jiang <jiang.xuexin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---


--- a/mm/ksm.c~ksm-abstract-the-function-try_to_get_old_rmap_item-v6
+++ a/mm/ksm.c
@@ -2218,12 +2218,16 @@ static struct ksm_rmap_item *try_to_get_
 {
 	while (*rmap_list) {
 		struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item = *rmap_list;
+
 		if ((rmap_item->address & PAGE_MASK) == addr)
 			return rmap_item;
 		if (rmap_item->address > addr)
 			break;
 		*rmap_list = rmap_item->rmap_list;
-		/* Running here indicates it's vma has been UNMERGEABLE */
+		/*
+		 * If we end up here, the VMA is MADV_UNMERGEABLE or its page
+		 * is ineligible or discarded, e.g. MADV_DONTNEED.
+		 */
 		remove_rmap_item_from_tree(rmap_item);
 		free_rmap_item(rmap_item);
 	}
@@ -2237,12 +2241,10 @@ static struct ksm_rmap_item *get_next_rm
 {
 	struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item;
 
-	/* lookup if we have a old rmap_item matching the addr*/
 	rmap_item = try_to_get_old_rmap_item(addr, rmap_list);
 	if (rmap_item)
 		return rmap_item;
 
-	/* Need to allocate a new rmap_item */
 	rmap_item = alloc_rmap_item();
 	if (rmap_item) {
 		/* It has already been zeroed */
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx are

ksm-abstract-the-function-try_to_get_old_rmap_item.patch
ksm-abstract-the-function-try_to_get_old_rmap_item-v6.patch
ksm-support-unsharing-zero-pages-placed-by-ksm.patch
ksm-count-all-zero-pages-placed-by-ksm.patch
ksm-count-zero-pages-for-each-process.patch
ksm-add-zero_pages_sharing-documentation.patch
selftest-add-testing-unsharing-and-counting-ksm-zero-page.patch
selftest-add-testing-unsharing-and-counting-ksm-zero-page-v6.patch




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