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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [0/18] GB pages hugetlb support
> I bet copy_hugetlb_page_range() is causing your complaints.  It takes
> the dest_mm->page_table_lock followed by src_mm->page_table_lock inside
> a loop and hasn't yet been converted to call spin_lock_nested(). A
> harmless false positive.

Yes. Looking at the warning I'm not sure why lockdep doesn't filter
it out automatically. I cannot think of a legitimate case where
a "possible recursive lock" with different lock addresses would be
a genuine bug.

So instead of a false positive, it's more like a "always false" :)

>
> > - hugemmap04 from LTP fails. Cause unknown currently
>
> I am not sure how well LTP is tracking mainline development in this
> area. How do these patches do with the libhugetlbfs test suite? We are

I wasn't aware of that one.

-Andi


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