Hello

在 2015/1/25 17:25, Vlastimil Babka 写道:
> On 23.1.2015 20:18, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>>> >+        if (!pte_write(pteval)) {
>>> >+            if (++ro > khugepaged_max_ptes_none)
>>> >+                goto out_unmap;
>>> >+        }
>> It's true this is maxed out at 511, so there must be at least one
>> writable and not none pte (as results of the two "ro" and "none"
>> counters checks).
> 
> Hm, but if we consider ro and pte_none separately, both can be lower
> than 512, but the sum of the two can be 512, so we can actually be in
> read-only VMA?

Yes, I also think so.

So is it necessary to add a at-least-one-writable-pte check just like the 
existing
at-least-one-page-referenced check?

Thanks.
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