From: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Minchan Kim <minchan-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton
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Gerald Schaefer
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 5/8] s390: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:16:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140814091614.4a0d5178@mschwide> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1407981212-17818-6-git-send-email-minchan-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:53:29 +0900
Minchan Kim <minchan-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent
> overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for
> THP page but for s390 pmds only referenced bit is available
> because there is no free bit left in the pmd entry for the
> software dirty bit so this patch adds dumb pmd_dirty which
> returns always true by suggesting by Martin.
>
> They finally find a solution in future.
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-api&m=140440328820808&w=2
The solution is already there, see git commit 152125b7a882df36.
You can drop this patch.
--
blue skies,
Martin.
"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-14 7:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-14 1:53 [PATCH v14 0/8] MADV_FREE support Minchan Kim
2014-08-14 1:53 ` [PATCH v14 1/8] mm: support madvise(MADV_FREE) Minchan Kim
2014-08-14 1:53 ` [PATCH v14 2/8] x86: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP Minchan Kim
2014-08-14 1:53 ` [PATCH v14 3/8] sparc: " Minchan Kim
2014-08-14 2:55 ` David Miller
2014-08-14 1:53 ` [PATCH v14 4/8] powerpc: " Minchan Kim
2014-08-14 1:53 ` [PATCH v14 5/8] s390: " Minchan Kim
[not found] ` <1407981212-17818-6-git-send-email-minchan-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-14 7:16 ` Martin Schwidefsky [this message]
2014-08-18 0:06 ` Minchan Kim
2014-08-14 1:53 ` [PATCH v14 6/8] arm: add pmd_mkclean " Minchan Kim
[not found] ` <1407981212-17818-7-git-send-email-minchan-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-15 10:55 ` Will Deacon
2014-08-14 1:53 ` [PATCH v14 7/8] arm64: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] " Minchan Kim
[not found] ` <1407981212-17818-8-git-send-email-minchan-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-15 10:55 ` Will Deacon
2014-08-14 1:53 ` [PATCH v14 8/8] mm: Don't split THP page when syscall is called Minchan Kim
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