Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] mm/migrate: Create move_phys_pages syscall

From: Gregory Price
Date: Tue Sep 19 2023 - 12:37:47 EST


On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 02:17:15AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 07 2023 at 03:54, Gregory Price wrote:
> > + /* All tasks mapping each page is checked in phys_page_migratable */
> > + nodes_setall(target_nodes);
>
> How is the comment related to nodes_setall() and why is nodes_setall()
> unconditional when target_nodes is only used in the @nodes != NULL case?
>

Short follow up, sorry for the spam. I realized there is a better way
to do this by simply bypassing the task node check in do_pages_moves if
the mm_struct is NULL. This removes the need for this struct
all-together.

Will simplify down for a v2 and add comments to do_pages_move
accordingly.

~Gregory