The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm: improve the comment in isolate_migratepages_block()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-improve-the-comment-in-isolate_migratepages_block.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: improve the comment in isolate_migratepages_block()
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:39:44 +0100
A recent patch shows that not everybody understands that "stabilise the
mapping" really means "prevent the mapping from being freed", so change
the wording to hopefully make that more clear.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ZMLWEB4m3zvX6SBN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/compaction.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/compaction.c~mm-improve-the-comment-in-isolate_migratepages_block
+++ a/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1100,13 +1100,13 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compac
bool migrate_dirty;
/*
- * Only pages without mappings or that have a
- * ->migrate_folio callback are possible to migrate
- * without blocking. However, we can be racing with
- * truncation so it's necessary to lock the page
- * to stabilise the mapping as truncation holds
- * the page lock until after the page is removed
- * from the page cache.
+ * Only folios without mappings or that have
+ * a ->migrate_folio callback are possible to
+ * migrate without blocking. However, we may
+ * be racing with truncation, which can free
+ * the mapping. Truncation holds the folio lock
+ * until after the folio is removed from the page
+ * cache so holding it ourselves is sufficient.
*/
if (!folio_trylock(folio))
goto isolate_fail_put;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
io_uring-stop-calling-free_compound_page.patch
mm-call-free_huge_page-directly.patch
mm-convert-free_huge_page-to-free_huge_folio.patch
mm-convert-free_transhuge_folio-to-folio_undo_large_rmappable.patch
mm-convert-prep_transhuge_page-to-folio_prep_large_rmappable.patch
mm-remove-free_compound_page-and-the-compound_page_dtors-array.patch
mm-remove-hugetlb_page_dtor.patch
mm-add-large_rmappable-page-flag.patch
mm-rearrange-page-flags.patch
mm-free-up-a-word-in-the-first-tail-page.patch
mm-remove-folio_test_transhuge.patch
mm-add-tail-private-fields-to-struct-folio.patch
mm-convert-split_huge_pages_pid-to-use-a-folio.patch
mm-memoryc-fix-mismerge.patch
mm-drop-per-vma-lock-when-returning-vm_fault_retry-or-vm_fault_completed-fix.patch
minmax-add-in_range-macro.patch
mm-convert-page_table_check_pte_set-to-page_table_check_ptes_set.patch
mm-add-generic-flush_icache_pages-and-documentation.patch
mm-add-folio_flush_mapping.patch
mm-remove-arch_implements_flush_dcache_folio.patch
mm-add-default-definition-of-set_ptes.patch
alpha-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
arc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
arm-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
arm64-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
csky-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
hexagon-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
ia64-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
ia64-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api-fix.patch
loongarch-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
m68k-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
microblaze-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
mips-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
nios2-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
openrisc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
parisc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
powerpc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
powerpc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api-fix.patch
riscv-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
s390-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
sh-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
sparc32-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
sparc64-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
um-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
x86-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
xtensa-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
mm-remove-page_mapping_file.patch
mm-rationalise-flush_icache_pages-and-flush_icache_page.patch
mm-tidy-up-set_ptes-definition.patch
mm-use-flush_icache_pages-in-do_set_pmd.patch
mm-call-update_mmu_cache_range-in-more-page-fault-handling-paths.patch
mm-swap-use-dedicated-entry-for-swap-in-folio.patch
mm-remove-checks-for-pte_index.patch
mm-move-pmd_order-to-pgtableh.patch
mm-allow-huge_fault-to-be-called-without-the-mmap_lock-held.patch
mm-remove-enum-page_entry_size.patch
mm-fix-kernel-doc-warning-from-tlb_flush_rmaps.patch
mm-fix-get_mctgt_type-kernel-doc.patch
mm-fix-clean_record_shared_mapping_range-kernel-doc.patch
mm-add-orphaned-kernel-doc-to-the-rst-files.patch
