Re: [PATCH v2 06/32] mm/page_vma_mapped: delete bogosity in page_vma_mapped_walk()

From: Zi Yan
Date: Mon Jul 10 2023 - 21:48:06 EST


On 8 Jun 2023, at 21:12, Hugh Dickins wrote:

> Revert commit a7a69d8ba88d ("mm/thp: another PVMW_SYNC fix in
> page_vma_mapped_walk()"): I was proud of that "Aha!" commit at the time,
> but in revisiting page_vma_mapped_walk() for pte_offset_map() failure,
> that block raised a doubt: and it now seems utterly bogus. The prior
> map_pte() has taken ptl unconditionally when PVMW_SYNC: I must have
> forgotten that when making the change. It did no harm, but could not
> have fixed a BUG or WARN, and is hard to reconcile with coming changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>

LGTM. Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi

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