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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Stat-Signature: 89uzykab3n3reeen5h9jjjfmdzsrdtdb X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 3E8FF140003 X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam04 X-HE-Tag: 1770714434-732984 X-HE-Meta: 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 tafvunVC Zg8nHgacqly0vafPKA5V74qG2GeCLG2f8FXMV0Hnm4ZTgATwIgocPvHHQhKI7I3eK6WnECkPtfsnOaNRosyawYxHhXBj9N/BUzshRVHHub6u5UGkN+6Uz5IvXU+Ilf847Mp0TrwkgJXfZ1vDTV2S9yO9hiqWY/oq0a0/xmN01RcMbbKMPFOxQbJFN1+5FGf9+jP8N83XxzOwpfjRluMBVRLdMFxQuYt6cyaXaD6hrjN7QN5o/qXPPFELXJLBVZpvJ+CJI8RtZqmB69HIl6+zqqdjHUuaPUnvMTMuuw3niEBDicnPeepwVunO8Sd22hFurrmwPr9M1bf1YpCc= X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 2/10/26 05:34, Wenchao Hao wrote: > When do_anonymous_page() creates mappings for huge pages, it currently sets > the access bit for all mapped PTEs (Page Table Entries) by default. > > This causes an issue where the Referenced field in /proc/pid/smaps cannot > distinguish whether a page was actually accessed. What is the use case that cares about that? What we have right now is the exact same behavior as if you would get a PMD THP that has a single access+dirty bit at fault time. Also, architectures that support transparent PTE coalescing will not be able to coalesce until all PTE bits are equal. This level of imprecision is to be expected with large folios that only have a single access+dirty bit. -- Cheers, David