Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] mm/ksm: move disabling KSM from s390/gmap code to KSM code

[Janosch Frank]

On 4/18/23 17:28, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> Let's factor out actual disabling of KSM. The existing
> "mm->def_flags &= ~VM_MERGEABLE;" was essentially a NOP and can be dropped,
> because def_flags should never include VM_MERGEABLE. Note that we don't
> currently prevent re-enabling KSM.
>
> This should now be faster in case KSM was never enabled, because we only
> conditionally iterate all VMAs. Further, it certainly looks cleaner.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/s390/mm/gmap.c | 20 +-------------------
>   include/linux/ksm.h |  6 ++++++
>   mm/ksm.c            | 11 +++++++++++
>   3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/gmap.c b/arch/s390/mm/gmap.c
> index 0949811761e6..dfe905c7bd8e 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/mm/gmap.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/mm/gmap.c
> @@ -2585,30 +2585,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(s390_enable_sie);
>   
>   int gmap_mark_unmergeable(void)
>   {
> -	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
> -	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> -	unsigned long vm_flags;
> -	int ret;
> -	VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, 0);
> -
>   	/*
>   	 * Make sure to disable KSM (if enabled for the whole process or
>   	 * individual VMAs). Note that nothing currently hinders user space
>   	 * from re-enabling it.
>   	 */

Is that still true?

My KSM knowledge is nearly zero but from what I can see the patch looks 
ok to me:
Acked-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>