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Patch series "mm: introduce snapshot_page()", v3. This series introduces snapshot_page(), a helper function that can be used to create a snapshot of a struct page and its associated struct folio. This function is intended to help callers with a consistent view of a a folio while reducing the chance of encountering partially updated or inconsistent state, such as during folio splitting which could lead to crashes and BUG_ON()s being triggered. This patch (of 4): Let's avoid working with the PMD when not required. If vm_normal_page_pmd() would be called on something that is not a present pmd, it would already be a bug (pfn possibly garbage). While at it, let's support passing in any pfn covered by the huge zero folio by masking off PFN bits -- which should be rather cheap. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1752499009.git.luizcap@redhat.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/4940826e99f0c709a7cf7beb94f53288320aea5a.1752499009.git.luizcap@redhat.com Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com> Tested-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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