Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/pagewalk: let folio_walk_start() run under the per-VMA lock
From: Rik van Riel
Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 10:07:18 EST
On Tue, 2026-07-07 at 13:24 +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
>
> And on page table retraction, importantly, the PMD entry is cleared
> _with
> the PTE PTL held_, e.g. in retract_page_tables():
>
Ahhh! That's the part I was missing. Thank you.
That simplifies things nicely.
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