On 08.09.2021 15:32, Juergen Gross wrote:
On 08.09.21 13:07, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 08.09.2021 09:36, Juergen Gross wrote:
Commit 0881ace292b662 ("mm/mremap: use pmd/pud_poplulate to update page table entries") introduced a regression when running as Xen PV guest.
The description of that change starts with "pmd/pud_populate is the right interface to be used to set the respective page table entries." If this is deemed true, I don't think pmd_populate() should call paravirt_alloc_pte(): The latter function, as its name says, is supposed to be called for newly allocated page tables only (aiui).
In theory you are correct, but my experience with reality tells me that another set of macros for this case will not be appreciated.
Perhaps a new parameter to the macros / inlines identifying fresh vs moved? Or perhaps the offending change wasn't really correct in what its description said?
Jan