mm/hugetlb: document why hugetlb uses folio_mapcount() for COW reuse decisions
authorDavid Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Thu, 2 May 2024 08:52:59 +0000 (10:52 +0200)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 7 May 2024 17:36:58 +0000 (10:36 -0700)
commitb8a2528835b31718286e7436529917e1f521bf6f
treea34bf516f8b77c9e5cfa8a498ef440a15c21bdb6
parent4bf6a4ebc59201bcd12c932f25edda4c3e36e5df
mm/hugetlb: document why hugetlb uses folio_mapcount() for COW reuse decisions

Let's document why hugetlb still uses folio_mapcount() and is prone to
leaking memory between processes, for example using vmsplice() that still
uses FOLL_GET.

More details can be found in [1], especially around how hugetlb pages
cannot really be overcommitted, and why we don't particularly care about
these vmsplice() leaks for hugetlb -- in contrast to ordinary memory.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/8b42a24d-caf0-46ef-9e15-0f88d47d2f21@redhat.com/

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240502085259.103784-3-david@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Suggested-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/hugetlb.c