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SubjectRe: [PATCH] efi/unaccepted: Fix off-by-one when checking for overlapping ranges
On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 09:26:50AM -0500, Michael Roth wrote:
> When a thread needs to accept memory it will scan the accepting_list
> to see if any ranges already being processed by other threads overlap
> with its range. Due to an off-by-one in the range comparisons, a thread
> might falsely determine that an overlapping range is being accepted,
> leading to an unnecessary delay before it begins processing the range.

Maybe s/thread/task/g ?

> Fix the off-by-one in the range comparison to prevent this and slightly
> improve performance.
>
> Fixes: 50e782a86c98 ("efi/unaccepted: Fix soft lockups caused by parallel memory acceptance")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231101004523.vseyi5bezgfaht5i@amd.com/T/#me2eceb9906fcae5fe958b3fe88e41f920f8335b6
> Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>

Otherwise, looks good:

Reviewed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
>

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Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov

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