Re: [RFC PATCH] mm/rmap: do not call mmu_notifier_invalidate_page() v3

From: Jerome Glisse
Date: Tue Aug 29 2017 - 15:06:57 EST


On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 03:05:26PM -0400, Jérôme Glisse wrote:
> Some MMU notifier need to be able to sleep during callback. This was
> broken by c7ab0d2fdc84 ("mm: convert try_to_unmap_one() to use
> page_vma_mapped_walk()").
>
> This patch restore the sleep ability and properly capture the range of
> address that needs to be invalidated.
>
> Relevent threads:
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170809204333.27485-1-jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170804134928.l4klfcnqatni7vsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> https://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=150327081325160&w=2

Note that i haven't yet tested this patch i just wanted to put it
out there. I am gonna run some test over new few days an report.
Anyone else is welcome to test it too.

Cheers,
Jérôme