Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] mm/memory.c: convert __copy_remote_vm_str() to folios
From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Wed Jun 25 2025 - 14:00:33 EST
On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 10:48:39AM -0700, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote:
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -6820,9 +6820,10 @@ static int __copy_remote_vm_str(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> }
>
> while (len) {
> - int bytes, offset, retval;
> + int bytes, folio_offset, page_offset retval;
offset_in_folio() returns a size_t so that we can support folios larger
than 2GB (which is a real possibility here; hugetlbfs might end up with
a 16GB folio on some architectures).
> @@ -6837,17 +6838,20 @@ static int __copy_remote_vm_str(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> goto out;
> }
>
> + folio = page_folio(page);
> bytes = len;
> - offset = addr & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
> - if (bytes > PAGE_SIZE - offset)
> - bytes = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
> + folio_offset = offset_in_folio(folio, addr);
Umm. Not sure this is safe. A folio might be mapped misaligned, so
'addr' might not give you the right offset within the folio. I think
you might need to use addr - (vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT). But I'd
defer to others here ... particularly when it comes to anonymous folios.