Re: [PATCH] mm/hmm: bypass devmap pte when all pfn requested flags are fulfilled

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Fri Aug 27 2021 - 13:47:01 EST


On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 01:28:52PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > + /*
> > + * just bypass devmap pte such as DAX page when all pfn requested
> > + * flags(pfn_req_flags) are fulfilled.
> > + */
> > + if (pte_devmap(pte))
> > + goto out;
>
> I liked your ealier version better where this was added to the
> pte_special test - logically this is about disambiguating the
> pte_special and the devmap case as they are different things.

Yes, I think that is much more logical. Also please capitalize the
first word in multi-line comments.