From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
chrisl@kernel.org, kasong@tencent.com, ljs@kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] mm: preparatory patches for PMD level swap entries
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 22:04:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b0b66905-c619-463a-8114-73848bc913ca@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260630164143.1595669-1-usama.arif@linux.dev>
On 6/30/26 18:34, Usama Arif wrote:
> This is the preparatory part of the PMD page table swapin work. The
> full PMD swap entry series has been split into two parts:
>
> 1. this preparatory series, which contains the first 6 patches. Zi [1]
> and Lance [2] suggested to separate this out from the core series.
> 2. the PMD swap entry core series, which depends on this one. I will
> send this once the preparatory series is merged in mm-new as v3
> as the combined is currently at v2 [1].
> I have not marked this prep series as v3, as its not really adding
> support for PMD swap entries.
>
> This series does not introduce PMD swap entries and does not install any
> new page-table entry type. It only cleans up existing PMD softleaf
> helpers and call sites so the follow-up PMD swap entry series can be
> smaller and easier to review.
>
> It should be safe to merge independently.
Agreed, thanks for working on this and splitting this part out!
--
Cheers,
David
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-01 20:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-30 16:34 [PATCH 0/6] mm: preparatory patches for PMD level swap entries Usama Arif
2026-06-30 16:34 ` [PATCH 1/6] mm: add softleaf_to_pmd() and convert existing callers Usama Arif
2026-06-30 16:34 ` [PATCH 2/6] mm: extract mm_prepare_for_swap_entries() helper Usama Arif
2026-07-01 16:56 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-30 16:34 ` [PATCH 3/6] fs/proc: use softleaf_has_pfn() in pagemap PMD walker Usama Arif
2026-06-30 16:34 ` [PATCH 4/6] mm/huge_memory: move softleaf_to_folio() inside migration branch Usama Arif
2026-06-30 16:34 ` [PATCH 5/6] mm/migrate_device: move softleaf_to_folio() inside device-private branch Usama Arif
2026-07-01 19:40 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-30 16:34 ` [PATCH 6/6] mm: rename ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION to ARCH_SUPPORTS_PMD_SOFTLEAF Usama Arif
2026-07-01 20:03 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-30 19:50 ` [PATCH 0/6] mm: preparatory patches for PMD level swap entries Andrew Morton
2026-07-01 8:04 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-07-01 10:44 ` Usama Arif
2026-07-01 14:09 ` Usama Arif
2026-07-01 20:04 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
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