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...er on the free path if we have only a couple > things. Certainly it looks good instead of doing overlaying tricks. I'd really like to abstract hugetlb handling if possible. The way it stands it's just very odd. We'll need some reliable way to identify these folios that need care. guest_memfd will be using folio->mapcount for now, so for now we couldn't set a page type like hugetlb does. > Also how does this translate to Matthew's memdesc world? guest_memfd and hugetlb would be operating on folios (at least for now), which contain the refcount,lru,private, ... so noth...

On 08.11.24 18:05, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2024 at 04:20:30PM +0000, Fuad Tabba wrote: >> Some folios, such as hugetlb folios and zone device folios, >> require special handling when the folio's reference count reaches >> 0, before being freed. Moreover, guest_memfd folios will likely >> require special handling to notify it once a folio's reference >> count reaches 0, to facilitate shared to private folio conversion >> [*]. Currently, each usecase has a dedicated callback when the >> folio refcount reaches 0 to that effect. Adding...

...o abstract hugetlb handling if possible. The way it stands > it's just very odd. There might be ways to make that better. I haven't really been looking too hard at making that special handling go away. > We'll need some reliable way to identify these folios that need care. > guest_memfd will be using folio->mapcount for now, so for now we couldn't > set a page type like hugetlb does. If hugetlb can set lru.next at a certain point, then guestmemfd could set a page type at a similar point, no? > > Also how does this translate to Matthew's memdesc world? In a m...

On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 10:10:06AM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote: > On 12.11.24 06:26, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 08:26:54AM +0000, Fuad Tabba wrote: > > > Thanks for your comments Jason, and for clarifying my cover letter > > > David. I think David has covered everything, and I'll make sure to > > > clarify this in the cover letter

..., Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 08, 2024 at 04:20:30PM +0000, Fuad Tabba wrote: > >> Some folios, such as hugetlb folios and zone device folios, > >> require special handling when the folio's reference count reaches > >> 0, before being freed. Moreover, guest_memfd folios will likely > >> require special handling to notify it once a folio's reference > >> count reaches 0, to facilitate shared to private folio conversion > >> [*]. Currently, each usecase has a dedicated callback when the > >> folio refcount reaches 0 to...