Re: [PATCH v8 0/2] hugetlb MADV_DONTNEED fix and zap_page_range cleanup

Mike Kravetz
2022-11-10T19:47:38Z

On 11/07/22 17:19, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> Sending v8 as a two patch series.
> Patch 1 addressed the huegtlb MADV_DONTNEED bug and should eventually go
> to stable releases.
> Patch 2 is cleanup which removes zap_page_range and changes as all callers
> to use the new zap_vma_range routine as they only pass ranges within a
> single vma.
>
> These changes inspired by discussions with Nadav and Peter.
>
> Andrew, I would suggest not replacing the patch currently in
> mm-hotfixes-unstable branch until there is some feedback here.

Any comments?

Because of previous churn I asked Andrew not to add to his tree. v7 with
zap_page_range fixup is sitting in mm-hotfixes-unstable.
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Mike Kravetz