Re: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: kill set_huge_swap_pte_at()

[Ryan Roberts]

On 26/06/2022 15:57, Qi Zheng wrote:
> The commit e5251fd43007 ("mm/hugetlb: introduce set_huge_swap_pte_at()
> helper") add set_huge_swap_pte_at() to handle swap entries on
> architectures that support hugepages consisting of contiguous ptes.
> And currently the set_huge_swap_pte_at() is only overridden by arm64.
> 
> The set_huge_swap_pte_at() provide a sz parameter to help determine
> the number of entries to be updated. But in fact, all hugetlb swap
> entries contain pfn information, so we can find the corresponding
> folio through the pfn recorded in the swap entry, then the folio_size()
> is the number of entries that need to be updated.
> 
> And considering that users will easily cause bugs by ignoring the
> difference between set_huge_swap_pte_at() and set_huge_pte_at().
> Let's handle swap entries in set_huge_pte_at() and remove the
> set_huge_swap_pte_at(), then we can call set_huge_pte_at()
> anywhere, which simplifies our coding.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

FYI, I discovered a bug in v6.6-rc1 that causes a kernel panic, which I believe
is caused by this change. I've posted a fix along with a detailed explanation at
[1].

[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20230921162007.1630149-1-ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx/

Thanks,
Ryan