Re: [PATCH 02/10] mm/hmm: do not erase snapshot when a range is invalidated

From: John Hubbard
Date: Wed Feb 20 2019 - 18:58:54 EST


On 1/29/19 8:54 AM, jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: JÃrÃme Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>

Users of HMM might be using the snapshot information to do
preparatory step like dma mapping pages to a device before
checking for invalidation through hmm_vma_range_done() so
do not erase that information and assume users will do the
right thing.

Signed-off-by: JÃrÃme Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/hmm.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
index b9f384ea15e9..74d69812d6be 100644
--- a/mm/hmm.c
+++ b/mm/hmm.c
@@ -170,16 +170,10 @@ static int hmm_invalidate_range(struct hmm *hmm, bool device,
spin_lock(&hmm->lock);
list_for_each_entry(range, &hmm->ranges, list) {
- unsigned long addr, idx, npages;
-
if (update->end < range->start || update->start >= range->end)
continue;
range->valid = false;
- addr = max(update->start, range->start);
- idx = (addr - range->start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
- npages = (min(range->end, update->end) - addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
- memset(&range->pfns[idx], 0, sizeof(*range->pfns) * npages);
}
spin_unlock(&hmm->lock);


Seems harmless to me. I really cannot see how this could cause a problem,
so you can add:

Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
--
John Hubbard
NVIDIA