Re: [PATCH v11 02/14] HMM: add special swap filetype for memory migrated to device v2.

[Jerome Glisse]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 11:23:26AM +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
> > > > +	if (cnt_hmm_entry) {
> > > > +		int ret;
> > > > +
> > > > +		ret = hmm_mm_fork(src_mm, dst_mm, dst_vma,
> > > > +				  dst_pmd, start, end);
> > >
> > > Given start, s/end/addr/, no?
> > 
> > No, end is the right upper limit here.
> > 
> Then in the first loop, hmm_mm_fork is invoked for
> the _entire_ range, from input addr to end.
> In subsequent loops(if necessary), start is updated to
> addr, and hmm_mm_fork is also invoked for remaining
> range, from start to end.
> 
> Is the above overlap in range making sense?

Well yes and no, hmm_mm_fork() will do nothing for address >= addr
i feel like end is easier to understand.

Cheers,
Jérôme
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