[PATCH v2 2/2] udmabuf: Add back support for mapping hugetlb pages (v2)
Peter Xu
peterx at redhat.com
Thu Jul 27 20:54:03 UTC 2023
On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 05:42:54AM +0000, Kasireddy, Vivek wrote:
> > > + } else {
> > > + page =
> > shmem_read_mapping_page(mapping, pgoff + pgidx);
> >
> > It may not matter to your users, but the semantics for hugetlb and shmem
> > pages is different. hugetlb requires the pages exist in the page cache
> > while shmem will create/add pages to the cache if necessary.
> Ok; got it.
Would it be nice to do the same for both (perhaps always try to allocate)?
Thanks,
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Peter Xu
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