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From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/12] fs/proc/page: clarify comment in get_max_dump_pfn()
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:14:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a44c51dc-1bd2-4773-be48-3a640f48e767@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aqLBc20gZyDfkhdH@gremlin>

On 9/10/26 16:41, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 03:33:04PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
>> pfn_to_online_page() will only succeed on some PFNs within the same
>> section, not necessarily all. Let's make that clearer.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
> 
> Nit on comment below, but LGTM so:
> 
> Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
> 
>> ---
>>  fs/proc/page.c | 7 +++----
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
>> index 260772b20bd99..6856ff3e3cf28 100644
>> --- a/fs/proc/page.c
>> +++ b/fs/proc/page.c
>> @@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ static inline unsigned long get_max_dump_pfn(void)
>>  {
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
>>  	/*
>> -	 * The memmap of early sections is completely populated and marked
>> -	 * online even if max_pfn does not fall on a section boundary -
>> -	 * pfn_to_online_page() will succeed on all pages. Allow inspecting
>> -	 * these memmaps.
>> +	 * If max_pfn does not fall on a section boundary, pfn_to_online_page()
>> +	 * can succeed on PFNs beyond max_pfn within the same section. Allow
>> +	 * inspecting these memmaps.
> 
> 'Allow inspection of' these memmaps is clearer I think. But this odd turn of
> phrase existed before this change also :)

Done, thanks!

-- 
Cheers,

David

  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-10 15:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-09 13:32 [PATCH 00/12] mm/sparse: remove SECTION_MARKED_PRESENT and further cleanups David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 13:32 ` [PATCH 01/12] mm/sparse: move mem_section init to sparse_extreme_init() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 17:02   ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-09-10 12:52   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-10 13:13     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 13:33       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-09 13:32 ` [PATCH 02/12] mm/sparse: refactor sparse_sections_init() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 17:09   ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-09-09 17:18     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 13:29   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-10 14:30     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 14:38       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:45   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-09 13:32 ` [PATCH 03/12] mm/sparse: move initialization of section metadata to sparse_metadata_init() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 17:22   ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-09-10 13:43   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-09 13:32 ` [PATCH 04/12] mm/sparse: rename and cleanup sparse_init_nid() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10  7:41   ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-09-10 13:46   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-10 14:29     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 13:32 ` [PATCH 05/12] mm/sparse: cleanup sparse_init_one_section() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10  7:45   ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-09-10 13:47   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-09 13:32 ` [PATCH 06/12] mm/sparse: rename __highest_present_section_nr to __highest_used_section_nr David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10  7:56   ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-09-10 13:49   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:45   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-14 13:57     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 13:33 ` [PATCH 07/12] mm/sparse: remove pfn_in_present_section() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10  7:59   ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-09-10 13:50   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-09 13:33 ` [PATCH 08/12] mm/sparse: move __highest_used_section_nr handling David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 14:06   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-09 14:44   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10  8:33   ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-09-10  9:13     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 12:08       ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-09-10 13:33         ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 14:16   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-10 14:29     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 14:51       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-14  9:45   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-09-09 13:33 ` [PATCH 09/12] mm/sparse: remove SECTION_MARKED_PRESENT David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 12:15   ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-09-10 14:32   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-10 15:11     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-21 16:48       ` Seongjun Hong
2026-09-21 19:04         ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-09 13:33 ` [PATCH 10/12] mm/sparse: remove flags parameter from sparse_init_one_section() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 12:34   ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-09-10 14:34   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-09 13:33 ` [PATCH 11/12] fs/proc/page: clarify comment in get_max_dump_pfn() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 12:46   ` Oscar Salvador (SUSE)
2026-09-10 14:41   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-10 15:14     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-09-09 13:33 ` [PATCH 12/12] mm/memory_hotplug: drop CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PFN_VALID handling from pfn_to_online_page() David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 14:47   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-10 15:15     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-14  9:45 ` [PATCH 00/12] mm/sparse: remove SECTION_MARKED_PRESENT and further cleanups Mike Rapoport
2026-09-14 13:58   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)

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