From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
Cc: Shradha Gupta <shradhagupta@linux.microsoft.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org,
"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>,
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>,
Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>,
Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>,
Michael Kelley <mikelley@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/page_reporting: Add checks for page_reporting_order param
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:22:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221027132207.bb4e9408e1ca94b3dfaca405@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y1lTWxMnk3lnS+3V@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2>
On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:33:47 +0000 Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 11:01:38PM -0700, Shradha Gupta wrote:
> > Current code allows the page_reporting_order parameter to be changed
> > via sysfs to any integer value. The new value is used immediately
> > in page reporting code with no validation, which could cause incorrect
> > behavior. Fix this by adding validation of the new value.
> > Export this parameter for use in the driver that is calling the
> > page_reporting_register().
> > This is needed by drivers like hv_balloon to know the order of the
> > pages reported. Traditionally the values provided in the kernel boot
> > line or subsequently changed via sysfs take priority therefore, if
> > page_reporting_order parameter's value is set, it takes precedence
> > over the value passed while registering with the driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shradha Gupta <shradhagupta@linux.microsoft.com>
>
> Andrew and other MM reviewers, can I get an ack / nack for this patch?
Looks OK to me. Can this be merged via the hyperv tree?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-27 20:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-29 10:24 [PATCH 0/2] Configurable order free page reporting in hyper-v Shradha Gupta
2022-09-29 10:24 ` [PATCH 1/2] mm/page_reporting: Add checks for page_reporting_order param value Shradha Gupta
2022-10-01 8:00 ` kernel test robot
2022-10-01 9:49 ` kernel test robot
2022-09-30 6:01 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Configurable order free page reporting in hyper-v Shradha Gupta
2022-09-30 6:01 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/page_reporting: Add checks for page_reporting_order param Shradha Gupta
2022-10-17 15:49 ` Michael Kelley (LINUX)
2022-10-26 15:33 ` Wei Liu
2022-10-27 20:22 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2022-10-28 10:38 ` Wei Liu
2022-09-30 6:01 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] hv_balloon: Add support for configurable order free page reporting Shradha Gupta
2022-10-17 15:53 ` Michael Kelley (LINUX)
2022-10-28 10:42 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Configurable order free page reporting in hyper-v Wei Liu
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