Re: [patch] hugetlb: correct page offset index for sharing pmd

From: Hillf Danton
Date: Fri Aug 10 2012 - 09:39:17 EST


On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Hillf Danton <dhillf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Subject: [PATCH] hugetlb: do not use vma_hugecache_offset for
>> vma_prio_tree_foreach
>>
>> 0c176d5 (mm: hugetlb: fix pgoff computation when unmapping page
>> from vma) fixed pgoff calculation but it has replaced it by
>> vma_hugecache_offset which is not approapriate for offsets used for
>> vma_prio_tree_foreach because that one expects index in page units
>> rather than in huge_page_shift.
>> Using vma_hugecache_offset is not incorrect because the pgoff will fit
>> into the same vmas but it is confusing.
>>
>
> Well, how is the patch tested?


You see, Michal, it is weekend and I have to be offline now.

See you next week ;)

Hillf
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