Re: [PATCH 4/7] mm: Introduce verify_page_range()

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Apr 12 2021 - 05:45:05 EST


On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 10:28:05AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 10:00:16AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > +extern int verify_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
>
> No need for the extern here.

It's consistent with the rest of the functions there. Also, I personally
like that extern.

> > +int verify_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
> > + unsigned long addr, unsigned long size,
> > + int (*fn)(pte_t pte, unsigned long addr, void *data),
> > + void *data)
>
> A kerneldoc comment would be nice for this function.
>
> Otherwise this looks fine.

Something like so?

/**
* verify_page_range() - Scan (and fill) a range of virtual memory and validate PTEs
* @mm: mm identifying the virtual memory map
* @addr: starting virtual address of the range
* @size: size of the range
* @fn: function that verifies the PTEs
* @data: opaque data passed to @fn
*
* Scan a region of virtual memory, filling in page tables as necessary and
* calling a provided function on each leaf, providing a copy of the
* page-table-entry.
*
* Similar apply_to_page_range(), but does not provide direct access to the
* page-tables.
*
* NOTE! this function does not work correctly vs large pages.
*
* Return: the first !0 return of the provided function, or 0 on completion.
*/
int verify_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long size,
int (*fn)(pte_t pte, unsigned long addr, void *data),
void *data)