Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm/mmu_notifier: use structure for invalidate_range_start/end callback

From: Jan Kara
Date: Wed Dec 05 2018 - 11:35:25 EST


On Wed 05-12-18 00:36:26, jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> diff --git a/mm/mmu_notifier.c b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
> index 5119ff846769..5f6665ae3ee2 100644
> --- a/mm/mmu_notifier.c
> +++ b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
> @@ -178,14 +178,20 @@ int __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> bool blockable)
> {
> + struct mmu_notifier_range _range, *range = &_range;

Why these games with two variables?

> struct mmu_notifier *mn;
> int ret = 0;
> int id;
>
> + range->blockable = blockable;
> + range->start = start;
> + range->end = end;
> + range->mm = mm;
> +

Use your init function for this?

> id = srcu_read_lock(&srcu);
> hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(mn, &mm->mmu_notifier_mm->list, hlist) {
> if (mn->ops->invalidate_range_start) {
> - int _ret = mn->ops->invalidate_range_start(mn, mm, start, end, blockable);
> + int _ret = mn->ops->invalidate_range_start(mn, range);
> if (_ret) {
> pr_info("%pS callback failed with %d in %sblockable context.\n",
> mn->ops->invalidate_range_start, _ret,
> @@ -205,9 +211,20 @@ void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long end,
> bool only_end)
> {
> + struct mmu_notifier_range _range, *range = &_range;
> struct mmu_notifier *mn;
> int id;
>
> + /*
> + * The end call back will never be call if the start refused to go
> + * through because of blockable was false so here assume that we
> + * can block.
> + */
> + range->blockable = true;
> + range->start = start;
> + range->end = end;
> + range->mm = mm;
> +

The same as above.

Otherwise the patch looks good to me.

Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR