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2019 Aug 24
2
[PATCH 1/2] mm/hmm: hmm_range_fault() NULL pointer bug
...mpbell wrote: > Although hmm_range_fault() calls find_vma() to make sure that a vma exists > before calling walk_page_range(), hmm_vma_walk_hole() can still be called > with walk->vma == NULL if the start and end address are not contained > within the vma range. Should we convert to walk_vma_range instead? Or keep walk_page_range but drop searching the vma ourselves? Except for that the patch looks good to me: Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
2019 Aug 26
1
[PATCH 1/2] mm/hmm: hmm_range_fault() NULL pointer bug
...s find_vma() to make sure that a vma exists > > > before calling walk_page_range(), hmm_vma_walk_hole() can still be called > > > with walk->vma == NULL if the start and end address are not contained > > > within the vma range. > > > > Should we convert to walk_vma_range instead? Or keep walk_page_range > > but drop searching the vma ourselves? > > > > Except for that the patch looks good to me: > > > > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de> > > > > I think keeping the call to walk_page_range() makes sens...
2019 Aug 26
0
[PATCH 1/2] mm/hmm: hmm_range_fault() NULL pointer bug
...hough hmm_range_fault() calls find_vma() to make sure that a vma exists >> before calling walk_page_range(), hmm_vma_walk_hole() can still be called >> with walk->vma == NULL if the start and end address are not contained >> within the vma range. > > Should we convert to walk_vma_range instead? Or keep walk_page_range > but drop searching the vma ourselves? > > Except for that the patch looks good to me: > > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de> > I think keeping the call to walk_page_range() makes sense. Jason is hoping to be able to snapsho...
2019 Aug 23
6
[PATCH 0/2] mm/hmm: two bug fixes for hmm_range_fault()
I have been working on converting Jerome's hmm_dummy driver and self tests into a stand-alone set of tests to be included in tools/testing/selftests/vm and came across these two bug fixes in the process. The tests aren't quite ready to be posted as a patch. I'm posting the fixes now since I thought they shouldn't wait. They should probably have a fixes line but with all the HMM