From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Yuan-Hao Hsu <aa9736195201@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] mm: gup: introduce gup_unshared_pages()
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:35:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0ff8276d-9535-449a-94b0-912651411bfe@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <avOMKWJe3wwNb2sW@e129823.arm.com>
On 11/10/26 22:27, Yeoreum Yun wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 03:23:15PM -0500, Rik van Riel wrote:
>> On Tue, 2026-11-10 at 20:19 +0000, Yeoreum Yun wrote:
>>>
>>> Hmm, Wouldn't this name be semantically much the same as keeping
>>> the existing gup_unshared_page(), since both essentially convey that
>>> no unsharing is required from GUP's perspective?
>>
>> The function measures how many pages in
>> this current interval do not need to be
>> unshared.
>>
>> I'm happy with any name, though.
>>
>> I would really like to just see this
>> code go in, so I can post my two
>> GUP series on top, first the batching
>> for the GUP-slow path, and then the
>> series that allows access_remote_vm()
>> and friends to work under the per-VMA
>> lock.
>
> @David, If you don't have any strong comments for original name
> -- gup_unshared_page(), May I post next version with resolving other
> comments so that Rik's series be posted soon?
>
> Otherewise, gup_skip_unshare_pages() works for me.
Let me think ...
Maybe just throw in:
gup_pages_not_requiring_unshare
A bit long, but who cares
--
Cheers,
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-10 22:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-09 12:32 [PATCH v3 0/6] mm: gup: batch PTE-mapped large folios in gup_fast_pte_range() Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-09 12:32 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] mm: khugepaged: ignore MADV_HUGEPAGE for shadow stacks Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-09 14:22 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-09 15:24 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-09 12:32 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] mm: gup: clarify a reason to check pte/pmd in gup_fast_pte_range() Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-10 3:50 ` Rik van Riel
2026-11-10 9:52 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-09 12:32 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] mm: gup: move gup_must_unshare() and INTERNAL_GUP_FLAGS to gup.c Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-10 4:49 ` Rik van Riel
2026-11-10 13:02 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-09 12:32 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] mm: internal: introduce FPB_LOCKLESS for folio_pte_batch_flags() Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-10 4:51 ` Rik van Riel
2026-11-10 13:02 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-09 12:32 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] mm: gup: introduce gup_unshared_pages() Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-10 5:26 ` Rik van Riel
2026-11-10 9:58 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-10 13:04 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-10 13:58 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-10 19:21 ` Rik van Riel
2026-11-10 20:19 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-10 20:23 ` Rik van Riel
2026-11-10 21:27 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-10 22:35 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-11-10 22:39 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-10 20:23 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-09 12:32 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] mm: gup: batch PTE-mapped large folios in gup_fast_pte_range() Yeoreum Yun
2026-11-10 5:46 ` Rik van Riel
2026-11-10 13:09 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-10 14:04 ` Yeoreum Yun
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