From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E581CC433EF for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:27:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4KFCZf2nPtz3bXF for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:27:22 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ellerman.id.au header.i=@ellerman.id.au header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=201909 header.b=Vqdg28P7; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from gandalf.ozlabs.org (mail.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2404:9400:2221:ea00::3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4KFCZ009qBz2xTp for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:26:48 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ellerman.id.au header.i=@ellerman.id.au header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=201909 header.b=Vqdg28P7; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from authenticated.ozlabs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mail.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4KFCYv1GnHz4xcC; Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:26:43 +1100 (AEDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ellerman.id.au; s=201909; t=1646972804; bh=kj3Y9rFdntioquAOckINO/fYRpiknqyh9JlE9pvUSLI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=Vqdg28P7wEvdR0OsQnFjMnSgKWofZcoNHyHbXt0cZ7SR6tnO/hQW7oW3YF+ec5eGT zca6xSirV7Bo549tLPW6tvMtbO92cD5kBEmrhUCeeVRCJ0UWJdkrbE1x2pMd1GdAn5 dlrGwS53BaUpvKIm7RMCAFWPU7XGk/66iIo899FRq685I2uDHEs8DDDKqOgsR23l2l OrO8lkePGsmUXZcNq7KvouVFnn5Iunaa8q5+RNlY953xnFe2X1CmhDeOjlgNMs5pry 71qVg1KcR0r5Z9kuGD/cDNSdkPM3glbDcZWYiBujM8HfGC3P7uUFTb4sttCuFu75HE tb9mg13cRZH+A== From: Michael Ellerman To: Christophe Leroy , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/14] Convert powerpc to default topdown mmap layout (v8) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:26:42 +1100 Message-ID: <877d91m7wd.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: "alex@ghiti.fr" , "will@kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , Paul Mackerras , "catalin.marinas@arm.com" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" Christophe Leroy writes: > Hi Michael, hi Andrew > > Le 09/03/2022 =C3=A0 18:44, Christophe Leroy a =C3=A9crit=C2=A0: >> Rebased on top of powerpc/next branch >>=20 >> This series converts powerpc to default topdown mmap layout. >>=20 >> powerpc requires its own arch_get_unmapped_area() only when >> slices are needed, which is only for book3s/64. First part of >> the series moves slices into book3s/64 specific directories >> and cleans up other subarchitectures. >>=20 >> Last part converts to default topdown mmap layout. >>=20 >> A small modification is done to core mm to allow >> powerpc to still provide its own arch_randomize_brk() >>=20 >> Another modification is done to core mm to allow powerpc >> to use generic versions of get_unmapped_area functions for Radix >> while still providing its own implementation for Hash, the >> selection between Radix and Hash being doing at runtime. >>=20 >> Last modification to core mm is to give len and flags to >> arch_get_mmap_end(). >>=20 >> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy > > What's the way forward for this series ? It's a bit of a tricky series. > Patches 1 has been merged in PCI tree. That's fine I guess, it can go into v5.18, it's only patch 14 that depends on it. > Patches 2 to 5 are core mm, patch 5 being a fix. A fix for arm64 even, just to complicate things :) > Then patches 6 to 14 are powerpc. With a fairly sizable diffstat, ie. likely to conflict. > What will be the merge strategy ? I guess it's a bit late to get it=20 > through powerpc tree, so I was just wondering whether we could get=20 > patches 2 to 5 in mm this cycle, and the powerpc ones next cycle ? Yeah I didn't pick it up because the mm changes don't have many acks and I'm always nervous about carrying generic mm changes. It would be my preference if Andrew could take 2-5 through mm for v5.18, but it is quite late, so I'm not sure how he will feel about that. Arguably 2, 3, 4 do very little. It's only patch 5 that has much effect, and it has a reviewed-by from Catalin at least. cheers From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 13542C433EF for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:28:50 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References :In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=T8PS12go7Y52jYGtOXc7RuxTCOWgqBVDlPBl7QEL/h4=; 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Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:26:43 +1100 (AEDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ellerman.id.au; s=201909; t=1646972804; bh=kj3Y9rFdntioquAOckINO/fYRpiknqyh9JlE9pvUSLI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=Vqdg28P7wEvdR0OsQnFjMnSgKWofZcoNHyHbXt0cZ7SR6tnO/hQW7oW3YF+ec5eGT zca6xSirV7Bo549tLPW6tvMtbO92cD5kBEmrhUCeeVRCJ0UWJdkrbE1x2pMd1GdAn5 dlrGwS53BaUpvKIm7RMCAFWPU7XGk/66iIo899FRq685I2uDHEs8DDDKqOgsR23l2l OrO8lkePGsmUXZcNq7KvouVFnn5Iunaa8q5+RNlY953xnFe2X1CmhDeOjlgNMs5pry 71qVg1KcR0r5Z9kuGD/cDNSdkPM3glbDcZWYiBujM8HfGC3P7uUFTb4sttCuFu75HE tb9mg13cRZH+A== From: Michael Ellerman To: Christophe Leroy , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , "catalin.marinas@arm.com" , "will@kernel.org" , "alex@ghiti.fr" , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Paul Mackerras , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/14] Convert powerpc to default topdown mmap layout (v8) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:26:42 +1100 Message-ID: <877d91m7wd.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Authentication-Results: imf13.hostedemail.com; dkim=pass header.d=ellerman.id.au header.s=201909 header.b=Vqdg28P7; spf=pass (imf13.hostedemail.com: domain of mpe@ellerman.id.au designates 150.107.74.76 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=mpe@ellerman.id.au; dmarc=none X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam05 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 8292A20013 X-Stat-Signature: bkgn1b8ebdxhu89zkbofi5bbx9i6fdyp X-HE-Tag: 1646972808-151812 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000019, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: Christophe Leroy writes: > Hi Michael, hi Andrew > > Le 09/03/2022 =C3=A0 18:44, Christophe Leroy a =C3=A9crit=C2=A0: >> Rebased on top of powerpc/next branch >>=20 >> This series converts powerpc to default topdown mmap layout. >>=20 >> powerpc requires its own arch_get_unmapped_area() only when >> slices are needed, which is only for book3s/64. First part of >> the series moves slices into book3s/64 specific directories >> and cleans up other subarchitectures. >>=20 >> Last part converts to default topdown mmap layout. >>=20 >> A small modification is done to core mm to allow >> powerpc to still provide its own arch_randomize_brk() >>=20 >> Another modification is done to core mm to allow powerpc >> to use generic versions of get_unmapped_area functions for Radix >> while still providing its own implementation for Hash, the >> selection between Radix and Hash being doing at runtime. >>=20 >> Last modification to core mm is to give len and flags to >> arch_get_mmap_end(). >>=20 >> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy > > What's the way forward for this series ? It's a bit of a tricky series. > Patches 1 has been merged in PCI tree. That's fine I guess, it can go into v5.18, it's only patch 14 that depends on it. > Patches 2 to 5 are core mm, patch 5 being a fix. A fix for arm64 even, just to complicate things :) > Then patches 6 to 14 are powerpc. With a fairly sizable diffstat, ie. likely to conflict. > What will be the merge strategy ? I guess it's a bit late to get it=20 > through powerpc tree, so I was just wondering whether we could get=20 > patches 2 to 5 in mm this cycle, and the powerpc ones next cycle ? Yeah I didn't pick it up because the mm changes don't have many acks and I'm always nervous about carrying generic mm changes. It would be my preference if Andrew could take 2-5 through mm for v5.18, but it is quite late, so I'm not sure how he will feel about that. Arguably 2, 3, 4 do very little. It's only patch 5 that has much effect, and it has a reviewed-by from Catalin at least. cheers