From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765223AbYEGR5d (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2008 13:57:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755702AbYEGR5N (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2008 13:57:13 -0400 Received: from host36-195-149-62.serverdedicati.aruba.it ([62.149.195.36]:47435 "EHLO mx.cpushare.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755886AbYEGR5K (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2008 13:57:10 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 19:57:05 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Rik van Riel Cc: Andrew Morton , Christoph Lameter , Jack Steiner , Robin Holt , Nick Piggin , Peter Zijlstra , kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Kanoj Sarcar , Roland Dreier , Steve Wise , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Avi Kivity , linux-mm@kvack.org, general@lists.openfabrics.org, Hugh Dickins , Rusty Russell , Anthony Liguori , Chris Wright , Marcelo Tosatti , Eric Dumazet , "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: Re: [PATCH 03 of 11] invalidate_page outside PT lock Message-ID: <20080507175705.GE18260@duo.random> References: <20080507133943.3e76c899@bree.surriel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080507133943.3e76c899@bree.surriel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:39:43PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: > Would it be an idea to merge them into one, so the first patch > introduces the right conventions directly? The only reason this isn't merged into one, is that this requires non obvious (not difficult though) to the core VM code. I wanted to keep an obviously safe approach for 2.6.26. The other conventions are only needed by XPMEM and XPMEM can't work without all other patches anyway. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrea Arcangeli Subject: [ofa-general] Re: [PATCH 03 of 11] invalidate_page outside PT lock Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 19:57:05 +0200 Message-ID: <20080507175705.GE18260@duo.random> References: <20080507133943.3e76c899@bree.surriel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Nick Piggin , Chris Wright , Rusty Russell , Peter Zijlstra , Marcelo Tosatti , kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Kanoj Sarcar , Roland Dreier , Jack Steiner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Avi Kivity , Anthony Liguori , "Paul E. McKenney" , linux-mm@kvack.org, Robin Holt , general@lists.openfabrics.org, Hugh Dickins , Andrew Morton , Eric Dumazet , Christoph Lameter To: Rik van Riel Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080507133943.3e76c899@bree.surriel.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: general-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org Errors-To: general-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:39:43PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: > Would it be an idea to merge them into one, so the first patch > introduces the right conventions directly? The only reason this isn't merged into one, is that this requires non obvious (not difficult though) to the core VM code. I wanted to keep an obviously safe approach for 2.6.26. The other conventions are only needed by XPMEM and XPMEM can't work without all other patches anyway. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 19:57:05 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli Subject: Re: [PATCH 03 of 11] invalidate_page outside PT lock Message-ID: <20080507175705.GE18260@duo.random> References: <20080507133943.3e76c899@bree.surriel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080507133943.3e76c899@bree.surriel.com> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Rik van Riel Cc: Andrew Morton , Christoph Lameter , Jack Steiner , Robin Holt , Nick Piggin , Peter Zijlstra , kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Kanoj Sarcar , Roland Dreier , Steve Wise , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Avi Kivity , linux-mm@kvack.org, general@lists.openfabrics.org, Hugh Dickins , Rusty Russell , Anthony Liguori , Chris Wright , Marcelo Tosatti , Eric Dumazet , "Paul E. McKenney" List-ID: On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:39:43PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: > Would it be an idea to merge them into one, so the first patch > introduces the right conventions directly? The only reason this isn't merged into one, is that this requires non obvious (not difficult though) to the core VM code. I wanted to keep an obviously safe approach for 2.6.26. The other conventions are only needed by XPMEM and XPMEM can't work without all other patches anyway. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org