Re: [PATCH 01/13] mm: Update ptep_get_lockless()s comment

From: Nadav Amit
Date: Mon Oct 31 2022 - 00:55:23 EST


On Oct 30, 2022, at 9:09 PM, Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I understand from the code that you decided to drop the deferring of
> set_page_dirty(), which could - at least for the munmap case (where
> mmap_lock is taken for write) - prevent the need for “force_flush” and
> potentially save TLB flushes.
>
> I was just wondering whether the reason for that is that you wanted
> to have small backportable and conservative patches, or whether you
> changed your mind about it.

Please ignore this silly question. I understand - the buffers might still be
dropped.