Re: [PATCH v5 3/5] vmcore: Introduce remap_oldmem_pfn_range()

[Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:40:24 +0900
HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@gmail.com> wrote:

> > +static int mmap_vmcore_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
> > +{
> > +       struct address_space *mapping = vma->vm_private_data;
> > +       pgoff_t index = vmf->pgoff;
> > +       struct page *page;
> > +       loff_t src;
> > +       char *buf;
> > +       int rc;
> > +
> > +find_page:
> > +       page = find_lock_page(mapping, index);
> > +       if (page) {
> > +               unlock_page(page);
> > +               rc = VM_FAULT_MINOR;
> > +       } else {
> > +               page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
> > +               if (!page)
> > +                       return VM_FAULT_OOM;
> > +               rc = add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping, index, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +               if (rc) {
> > +                       page_cache_release(page);
> > +                       if (rc == -EEXIST)
> > +                               goto find_page;
> > +                       /* Probably ENOMEM for radix tree node */
> > +                       return VM_FAULT_OOM;
> > +               }
> > +               buf = (void *) (page_to_pfn(page) << PAGE_SHIFT);
> > +               src = index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
> > +               __read_vmcore(buf, PAGE_SIZE, &src, 0);
> > +               unlock_page(page);
> > +               rc = VM_FAULT_MAJOR;
> > +       }
> > +       vmf->page = page;
> > +       return rc;
> > +}  
> 
> How about reusing find_or_create_page()?

Hmmm, how would I know then if I have to fill the page with
__read_vmcore() or not?

Best Regards,
Michael