From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Tal Zussman <tz2294@columbia.edu>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm/madvise: zap markers from guard regions
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 22:39:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a502f84a-b349-487d-94d9-aff7d9b95102@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <avd8-uVPf6BSqwEQ@gremlin>
>>> mm/madvise.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
>>> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
>>> index 0214efd2a014..4f7728583207 100644
>>> --- a/mm/madvise.c
>>> +++ b/mm/madvise.c
>>> @@ -850,6 +850,19 @@ static int madvise_free_single_vma(struct madvise_behavior *madv_behavior)
>>> return 0;
>>> }
>>>
>>> +static void zap_range(struct madvise_behavior *madv_behavior,
>>> + zap_flags_t flags)
>>
>> Two ... ;) But maybe it's consistent like that in the file, didn't check.
>
> I'm a bit exhausted, can you or Andrew just fix up whitespace like this on
> application?
>
> It'll be easier when I have the VMA tree.
Yeah, absolutely. I'll let Andrew pick this one.
>
>>
>>> +{
>>> + const struct madvise_behavior_range *range = &madv_behavior->range;
>>> + struct zap_details details = {
>>> + .reclaim_pt = true,
>>> + .zap_flags = flags,
>>> + };
>>> +
>>> + zap_vma_range_batched(madv_behavior->tlb, madv_behavior->vma,
>>> + range->start, range->end - range->start, &details);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> /*
>>> * Application no longer needs these pages. If the pages are dirty,
>>> * it's OK to just throw them away. The app will be more careful about
>>> @@ -872,13 +885,7 @@ static int madvise_free_single_vma(struct madvise_behavior *madv_behavior)
>>> static long madvise_dontneed_single_vma(struct madvise_behavior *madv_behavior)
>>>
>>> {
>>> - struct madvise_behavior_range *range = &madv_behavior->range;
>>> - struct zap_details details = {
>>> - .reclaim_pt = true,
>>> - };
>>> -
>>> - zap_vma_range_batched(madv_behavior->tlb, madv_behavior->vma,
>>> - range->start, range->end - range->start, &details);
>>> + zap_range(madv_behavior, 0);
>>> return 0;
>>> }
>>>
>>> @@ -1217,9 +1224,11 @@ static long madvise_guard_install(struct madvise_behavior *madv_behavior)
>>>
>>> /*
>>> * OK some of the range have non-guard pages mapped, zap
>>> - * them. This leaves existing guard pages in place.
>>> + * them. This also drops any PTE markers in the range,
>>> + * including existing guard markers, which we reinstall on
>>> + * the next attempt.
>>> */
>>> - zap_vma_range(vma, range->start, range->end - range->start);
>>> + zap_range(madv_behavior, ZAP_FLAG_DROP_MARKER);
>>> }
>>>
>>> /*
>>> @@ -1845,6 +1854,7 @@ static bool madvise_batch_tlb_flush(int behavior)
>>> case MADV_DONTNEED:
>>> case MADV_DONTNEED_LOCKED:
>>> case MADV_FREE:
>>> + case MADV_GUARD_INSTALL:
>>
>> Huh why that change? Not spelled out above.
>
> It's just the established way madvise interacts with TLB maintenance.
>
> Anything that uses madv_behaviour->tlb has to return true here so
> madvise_init_tlb() and madvise_finish_tlb() do the right thing.
Ohhh, I see now.
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
--
Cheers,
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-13 21:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-13 21:04 [PATCH v2] mm/madvise: zap markers from guard regions Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-13 21:10 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-13 21:18 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-13 21:39 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-11-13 21:40 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-13 21:10 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
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