Re: [PATCH] mm/hmm: fault non-owner device private entries

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On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 15:56:32 -0700 Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If hmm_range_fault() is called with the HMM_PFN_REQ_FAULT flag and a
> device private PTE is found, the hmm_range::dev_private_owner page is
> used to determine if the device private page should not be faulted in.
> However, if the device private page is not owned by the caller,
> hmm_range_fault() returns an error instead of calling migrate_to_ram()
> to fault in the page.

Could we please include here a description of the end-user visible
effects of the bug?

> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Especially when proposing a -stable backport.



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