From: Balbir Singh <balbirs@nvidia.com>
To: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: matthew.brost@intel.com, apopple@nvidia.com,
thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com, jhubbard@nvidia.com,
jgg@ziepe.ca, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/migrate_device: remove dead migration entry check in migrate_vma_collect_huge_pmd()
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:16:13 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <01499626-347a-4258-bdb1-c1cc67172cd2@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260212014611.416695-1-dave@stgolabs.net>
On 2/12/26 12:46, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> The softleaf_is_migration() check is unreachable as entries that are not
> device_private are filtered out. Similarly, the PTE-level equivalent in
> migrate_vma_collect_pmd() skips migration entries.
>
> This dead branch also contained a double spin_unlock(ptl) bug.
>
> Suggested-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
> ---
> mm/migrate_device.c | 6 ------
> 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/migrate_device.c b/mm/migrate_device.c
> index c2855235fd9a..b40c1d49677d 100644
> --- a/mm/migrate_device.c
> +++ b/mm/migrate_device.c
> @@ -175,13 +175,6 @@ static int migrate_vma_collect_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long start,
> return migrate_vma_collect_skip(start, end, walk);
> }
>
> - if (softleaf_is_migration(entry)) {
> - migration_entry_wait_on_locked(entry, ptl);
> - spin_unlock(ptl);
> - return -EAGAIN;
> - }
> -
> if (softleaf_is_device_private_write(entry))
> write = MIGRATE_PFN_WRITE;
> } else {
Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbirs@nvidia.com>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-12 21:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-12 1:46 Davidlohr Bueso
2026-02-12 2:00 ` Alistair Popple
2026-02-12 12:37 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-02-12 21:16 ` Balbir Singh [this message]
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