linux/mm
Christoph Hellwig 9d8b367449 shmem: document how to "persist" data when using shmem_*file_setup
Add a blurb that simply dirtying the folio will persist data for in-kernel
shmem files.  This is what most of the callers already do.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chandan Babu R <chandanbabu@kernel.org>
2024-02-21 11:36:51 +05:30
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damon mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: fix wrong DAMOS tried regions update timeout setup 2024-02-07 21:20:36 -08:00
kasan kasan: avoid resetting aux_lock 2024-01-12 15:20:45 -08:00
kfence KFENCE: cleanup kfence_guarded_alloc() after CONFIG_SLAB removal 2023-12-05 11:17:58 +01:00
kmsan mm, treewide: rename MAX_ORDER to MAX_PAGE_ORDER 2024-01-08 15:27:15 -08:00
backing-dev.c blk-wbt: Fix detection of dirty-throttled tasks 2024-02-06 09:44:03 -07:00
balloon_compaction.c
bootmem_info.c bootmem: use kmemleak_free_part_phys in put_page_bootmem 2023-10-25 16:47:13 -07:00
cma_debug.c
cma_sysfs.c
cma.c mm: cma: remove unnecessary initialization of ret 2023-12-12 10:57:08 -08:00
cma.h
compaction.c Generic: 2024-01-17 13:03:37 -08:00
debug_page_alloc.c mm, treewide: rename MAX_ORDER to MAX_PAGE_ORDER 2024-01-08 15:27:15 -08:00
debug_page_ref.c
debug_vm_pgtable.c mm, treewide: rename MAX_ORDER to MAX_PAGE_ORDER 2024-01-08 15:27:15 -08:00
debug.c
dmapool_test.c
dmapool.c mm/mempool/dmapool: remove CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB ifdefs 2023-12-05 11:17:58 +01:00
early_ioremap.c
fadvise.c
fail_page_alloc.c
failslab.c
filemap.c mm: move mapping_set_update out of <linux/swap.h> 2024-02-21 11:36:50 +05:30
folio-compat.c mm: remove page_add_new_anon_rmap and lru_cache_add_inactive_or_unevictable 2023-12-29 11:58:27 -08:00
gup_test.c
gup_test.h
gup.c mm: convert page_try_share_anon_rmap() to folio_try_share_anon_rmap_[pte|pmd]() 2023-12-29 11:58:56 -08:00
highmem.c x86/kexec: use pr_err() instead of kexec_dprintk() when an error occurs 2023-12-29 12:22:28 -08:00
hmm.c mm: enable page walking API to lock vmas during the walk 2023-08-21 13:07:20 -07:00
huge_memory.c mm: thp_get_unmapped_area must honour topdown preference 2024-01-26 01:23:44 -08:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm, hugetlb: remove HUGETLB_CGROUP_MIN_ORDER 2023-10-18 14:34:17 -07:00
hugetlb_vmemmap.c mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: move mmap lock to vmemmap_remap_range() 2023-12-12 10:57:08 -08:00
hugetlb_vmemmap.h mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: fix reference to nonexistent file 2023-10-25 16:47:14 -07:00
hugetlb.c Many singleton patches against the MM code. The patch series which 2024-01-09 11:18:47 -08:00
hwpoison-inject.c
init-mm.c mm: Deprecate pasid field 2023-12-12 10:11:32 +01:00
internal.h mm: move mapping_set_update out of <linux/swap.h> 2024-02-21 11:36:50 +05:30
interval_tree.c
io-mapping.c
ioremap.c mm: ioremap: remove unneeded ioremap_allowed and iounmap_allowed 2023-08-18 10:12:36 -07:00
Kconfig IOMMU Updates for Linux v6.8 2024-01-18 15:16:57 -08:00
Kconfig.debug mm/slab: remove CONFIG_SLAB from all Kconfig and Makefile 2023-12-05 11:14:40 +01:00
khugepaged.c header cleanups for 6.8 2024-01-10 16:43:55 -08:00
kmemleak.c kmemleak: avoid RCU stalls when freeing metadata for per-CPU pointers 2023-12-12 10:57:07 -08:00
ksm.c mm: convert page_try_share_anon_rmap() to folio_try_share_anon_rmap_[pte|pmd]() 2023-12-29 11:58:56 -08:00
list_lru.c mm/list_lru.c: remove unused list_lru_from_kmem() 2023-12-20 14:48:11 -08:00
maccess.c
madvise.c mm/madvise: don't forget to leave lazy MMU mode in madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range() 2024-02-07 21:20:35 -08:00
Makefile mm/slab: remove CONFIG_SLAB from all Kconfig and Makefile 2023-12-05 11:14:40 +01:00
mapping_dirty_helpers.c mm: fix clean_record_shared_mapping_range kernel-doc 2023-08-24 16:20:30 -07:00
memblock.c memblock: fix crash when reserved memory is not added to memory 2024-01-28 09:41:39 -08:00
memcontrol.c mm: memcg: optimize parent iteration in memcg_rstat_updated() 2024-02-07 21:20:34 -08:00
memfd.c memfd: drop warning for missing exec-related flags 2023-10-04 10:32:22 -07:00
memory_hotplug.c mm/memory_hotplug: fix memmap_on_memory sysfs value retrieval 2024-01-12 15:20:48 -08:00
memory-failure.c mm/memory-failure: fix crash in split_huge_page_to_list from soft_offline_page 2024-02-07 21:20:34 -08:00
memory-tiers.c base/node / acpi: Change 'node_hmem_attrs' to 'access_coordinates' 2023-12-22 14:23:13 -08:00
memory.c mm/memory: fix folio_set_dirty() vs. folio_mark_dirty() in zap_pte_range() 2024-01-25 23:52:21 -08:00
mempolicy.c Many singleton patches against the MM code. The patch series which are 2023-11-02 19:38:47 -10:00
mempool.c Many singleton patches against the MM code. The patch series which 2024-01-09 11:18:47 -08:00
memremap.c mm: remove stale example from comment 2023-12-29 11:58:26 -08:00
memtest.c mm: memtest: convert to memtest_report_meminfo() 2023-08-21 13:37:47 -07:00
migrate_device.c mm: convert page_try_share_anon_rmap() to folio_try_share_anon_rmap_[pte|pmd]() 2023-12-29 11:58:56 -08:00
migrate.c Generic: 2024-01-17 13:03:37 -08:00
mincore.c mm: enable page walking API to lock vmas during the walk 2023-08-21 13:07:20 -07:00
mlock.c mm: mlock: avoid folio_within_range() on KSM pages 2023-10-25 16:47:14 -07:00
mm_init.c efi: disable mirror feature during crashkernel 2024-01-12 15:20:47 -08:00
mm_slot.h
mmap_lock.c
mmap.c mm: thp_get_unmapped_area must honour topdown preference 2024-01-26 01:23:44 -08:00
mmu_gather.c mm/memory: page_remove_rmap() -> folio_remove_rmap_pte() 2023-12-29 11:58:54 -08:00
mmu_notifier.c mmu_notifiers: rename invalidate_range notifier 2023-08-18 10:12:41 -07:00
mmzone.c zswap: shrink zswap pool based on memory pressure 2023-12-12 10:57:02 -08:00
mprotect.c mm: mprotect: use a folio in change_pte_range() 2023-10-25 16:47:12 -07:00
mremap.c mm: abstract VMA merge and extend into vma_merge_extend() helper 2023-10-18 14:34:18 -07:00
msync.c
nommu.c Many singleton patches against the MM code. The patch series which are 2023-11-02 19:38:47 -10:00
oom_kill.c mm, oom:dump_tasks add rss detailed information printing 2023-12-10 16:51:53 -08:00
page_alloc.c Networking changes for 6.8. 2024-01-11 10:07:29 -08:00
page_counter.c
page_ext.c mm/page_ext: move functions around for minor cleanups to page_ext 2023-08-18 10:12:31 -07:00
page_idle.c
page_io.c zswap: memcontrol: implement zswap writeback disabling 2023-12-29 20:22:11 -08:00
page_isolation.c mm, treewide: rename MAX_ORDER to MAX_PAGE_ORDER 2024-01-08 15:27:15 -08:00
page_owner.c mm, treewide: rename MAX_ORDER to MAX_PAGE_ORDER 2024-01-08 15:27:15 -08:00
page_poison.c mm/page_poison: replace kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page() 2023-12-10 16:51:50 -08:00
page_reporting.c mm, treewide: rename MAX_ORDER to MAX_PAGE_ORDER 2024-01-08 15:27:15 -08:00
page_reporting.h
page_table_check.c mm: convert page_table_check_pte_set() to page_table_check_ptes_set() 2023-08-24 16:20:18 -07:00
page_vma_mapped.c mm: thp: introduce multi-size THP sysfs interface 2023-12-20 14:48:12 -08:00
page-writeback.c block-6.8-2024-02-10 2024-02-10 08:02:48 -08:00
pagewalk.c mm: pagewalk: assert write mmap lock only for walking the user page tables 2023-12-10 16:51:53 -08:00
percpu-internal.h
percpu-km.c
percpu-stats.c
percpu-vm.c
percpu.c mm: Introduce flush_cache_vmap_early() 2023-12-14 00:23:17 -08:00
pgalloc-track.h
pgtable-generic.c mm/pgtable: notes on pte_offset_map[_lock]() 2023-08-18 10:12:25 -07:00
process_vm_access.c mm: fix process_vm_rw page counts 2023-12-10 16:51:39 -08:00
ptdump.c
readahead.c readahead: avoid multiple marked readahead pages 2024-01-25 23:52:20 -08:00
rmap.c mm/rmap: rename COMPOUND_MAPPED to ENTIRELY_MAPPED 2023-12-29 11:58:56 -08:00
rodata_test.c
secretmem.c mm/secretmem: use a folio in secretmem_fault() 2023-08-21 13:38:02 -07:00
shmem_quota.c
shmem.c shmem: document how to "persist" data when using shmem_*file_setup 2024-02-21 11:36:51 +05:30
show_mem.c mm, treewide: introduce NR_PAGE_ORDERS 2024-01-08 15:27:15 -08:00
shrinker_debug.c mm: shrinker: convert shrinker_rwsem to mutex 2023-10-04 10:32:26 -07:00
shrinker.c mm: shrinker: use kvzalloc_node() from expand_one_shrinker_info() 2024-01-05 09:58:32 -08:00
shuffle.c
shuffle.h mm, treewide: rename MAX_ORDER to MAX_PAGE_ORDER 2024-01-08 15:27:15 -08:00
slab_common.c slub: use a folio in __kmalloc_large_node 2024-01-05 10:17:46 -08:00
slab.h mm/slab: move kmalloc() functions from slab_common.c to slub.c 2023-12-06 11:57:21 +01:00
slub.c Many singleton patches against the MM code. The patch series which 2024-01-09 11:18:47 -08:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm/vmemmap: allow architectures to override how vmemmap optimization works 2023-08-18 10:12:53 -07:00
sparse.c mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage 2023-12-29 11:58:43 -08:00
swap_cgroup.c
swap_slots.c
swap_state.c mm: convert swap_cluster_readahead and swap_vma_readahead to return a folio 2023-12-29 11:58:32 -08:00
swap.c
swap.h mm: convert swap_cluster_readahead and swap_vma_readahead to return a folio 2023-12-29 11:58:32 -08:00
swapfile.c header cleanups for 6.8 2024-01-10 16:43:55 -08:00
truncate.c fs: convert error_remove_page to error_remove_folio 2023-12-10 16:51:42 -08:00
usercopy.c
userfaultfd.c mm/userfaultfd: UFFDIO_MOVE implementation should use ptep_get() 2024-02-07 21:20:33 -08:00
util.c mm/util: use kmap_local_page() in memcmp_pages() 2023-12-10 16:51:49 -08:00
vmalloc.c mm/vmalloc: fix the unchecked dereference warning in vread_iter() 2023-11-01 12:38:35 -07:00
vmpressure.c eventfd: simplify eventfd_signal() 2023-11-28 14:08:38 +01:00
vmscan.c Many singleton patches against the MM code. The patch series which 2024-01-09 11:18:47 -08:00
vmstat.c mm, treewide: rename MAX_ORDER to MAX_PAGE_ORDER 2024-01-08 15:27:15 -08:00
workingset.c mm: move mapping_set_update out of <linux/swap.h> 2024-02-21 11:36:50 +05:30
z3fold.c mm/z3fold: remove obsolete comment for struct z3fold_pool 2023-08-21 13:37:51 -07:00
zbud.c
zpool.c
zsmalloc.c mm: zsmalloc: return -ENOSPC rather than -EINVAL in zs_malloc while size is too large 2024-01-05 10:17:47 -08:00
zswap.c mm/zswap: don't return LRU_SKIP if we have dropped lru lock 2024-02-07 21:20:36 -08:00