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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66544C433DB for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:59:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31B1264E21 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:59:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229601AbhCQW7L (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:59:11 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:39112 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229472AbhCQW6o (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:58:44 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EAE4D64D9F; Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:58:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linux-foundation.org; s=korg; t=1616021924; bh=mPPiBe/bfcCRC6s/WTecgYs69LyDrOV06BZGWgBGh88=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=UQSoeij97X1M0/w9/5ziAaBjrHs7Y+lZ8IrLV+fkfU6KJaRXfc1FGuav4T0Y3J1fQ yLo8aYxQ1lsBrOcKJ1OBBCFyCYguMi3sy4Ipqa3HZMDImJS81fMq7cps2fgDiug5GZ zPzfIg6paHc2D+BMdx135Babgj1f/oULiTX9Y6VA= Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:58:43 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Nicholas Piggin Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Cameron , Christoph Hellwig , Christophe Leroy , Rick Edgecombe , Ding Tianhong Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 00/14] huge vmalloc mappings Message-Id: <20210317155843.c15e71f966f1e4da508dea04@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20210317062402.533919-1-npiggin@gmail.com> References: <20210317062402.533919-1-npiggin@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:23:48 +1000 Nicholas Piggin wrote: > > *** BLURB HERE *** > That's really not what it means ;) Could we please get a nice description for the [0/n]? What's it all about, what's the benefit, what are potential downsides. And performance testing results! Because if it ain't faster, there's no point in merging it?