Re: [PATCH v4 10/20] mm/rmap: track whether the page VMA mapped pgoff is anonymous
From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)
Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 13:33:46 EST
On 8/6/26 22:21, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> Update the page_vma_mapped_walk structure to track whether the pgoff being
> tracked is an anonymous pgoff or not and update the comments to reflect
> this.
>
> This is necessary in order to determine the correct VMA page
> offset in vma_address_end() when pvmw->nr_pages > 1.
>
> Also document that pvmw->pgoff is meaningless for pvmw->nr_pages == 1 and
> for KSM.
>
> Do not set this field where pgoff is not specified.
>
> This is laying the groundwork for eventually using anonymous page offsets
> as the index for all anonymous folios.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Cheers,
David