Re: [PATCH v2] mm/swapfile: unuse_pte can map random data if swap read fails

From: Miaohe Lin
Date: Tue Apr 19 2022 - 07:26:52 EST


On 2022/4/19 15:53, Alistair Popple wrote:
> Also in madvise_free_pte_range() you could just remove the swap entry as it's no
> longer needed.
>

This swap entry will be removed in madvise_dontneed_single_vma().
And in madvise_free_pte_range(), we may need to keep it as same as
hwpoison entry. Or am I supposed to remove it even if hwpoison entry
is reused later?

Thanks!

> Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>> Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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