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 kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DED53C88E58 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:59:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id D9A4A6B009D; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:59:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id D721B6B009E; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:59:30 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id C884F6B009F; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:59:30 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from relay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0017.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.17]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC646B009D for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:59:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin06.hostedemail.com (lb01a-stub [10.200.18.249]) by unirelay07.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D168C1602DC for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:59:29 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 85202092458.06.5051029 Received: from sea.source.kernel.org (sea.source.kernel.org [172.234.252.31]) by imf15.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01BBDA0005 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:59:27 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: imf15.hostedemail.com; dkim=pass header.d=kernel.org header.s=k20260515 header.b=Ou4A8YC2; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=kernel.org; spf=pass (imf15.hostedemail.com: domain of david@kernel.org designates 172.234.252.31 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=david@kernel.org ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=hostedemail.com; s=arc-20220608; cv=none; t=1789145968; b=r78cY4nMKyRoyY1ZpB4Pas5El3l9IpFgV5BqUB93VlVFAjufEbidrifatF8edlGWSqy/TL U8vdGeheXQ6gnO05xG2lcYl9UOQRqdTHq30y936fTyuevfHllctVfVaSFIs91GNAithaZa BeYVx9GIP5e4ncBfNbrmyFulOZLo4D0= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; imf15.hostedemail.com; dkim=pass header.d=kernel.org header.s=k20260515 header.b=Ou4A8YC2; dmarc=pass (policy=quarantine) header.from=kernel.org; spf=pass (imf15.hostedemail.com: domain of david@kernel.org designates 172.234.252.31 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=david@kernel.org ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=hostedemail.com; s=arc-20220608; t=1789145968; h=from:from:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:dkim-signature; bh=qM4x/VyJS4MpFkPRmtAp/dwZSEf7BNj/Y7zsnmyHsqg=; b=r/eSK5Ye4wy7/kVcc0qsYhqr9lkVEKlAzIrYYw/8SQxMqZBHCS/tYi0Ntx0gQ38KxTudPU 9OjV/ClkfInlXjWbzq/rLBkGlLYpzUmtnWIEYcI5osXrr1aYwX59MhpQjjcHDCa3quzJW3 bWkArAeV8vkBTAptvwMdpAA+YafXzqs= Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) by sea.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27F0C447B3; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:59:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 379961F00898; Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:59:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1789145967; bh=qM4x/VyJS4MpFkPRmtAp/dwZSEf7BNj/Y7zsnmyHsqg=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=Ou4A8YC2F6O1EQtFW1YZOr6bVr2+s+ihTPkOTXSuzLWS+Cc6eD6PIOzLJeuiKIyvQ JwxsyI6YUXmX45BBAQxB8OYi/wyHeoP2FZWOx4kh82jj8klR9F/LQ8bOCWxW/Oo6Re Eo8mW9QEcAaGuTtykPlAmcPJuXu5gk0wxaGfd2AVAWl/D2lawDmMhQg3iDYUwUuHYw zuWtfU0zvPCWxENsoROZd8H/uu73aHGKmzvV36atSCabSMGxHjg64KkTpB12LVGbzh HWFSQPEDWDvZ5Hi73zQYh3QYUlItPYuBwtcY1gGae8CFr1qGgQfyIGrRgrWzKBkGHM 6ZbPiVuTm6ijA== Message-ID: Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:59:08 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] mm: distinguish PTE table storage from PTE values To: Muhammad Usama Anjum , Jani Nikula , Joonas Lahtinen , Rodrigo Vivi , Tvrtko Ursulin , David Airlie , Simona Vetter , Dimitri Sivanich , Arnd Bergmann , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "James E.J. 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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam09 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 01BBDA0005 X-Stat-Signature: xofy4qy4nughcfgjh68nwdrn6bufi73i X-HE-Tag: 1789145967-266386 X-HE-Meta: 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 3g3/5kVb xr3ajiMl2VDzDZo9VrwH4dquTUibGcRe8w5yFeiZ5SlR2aj9G+XXGCPlkr0kgf+u5RGl87REWzKSbQ0VkBKpsyOp3rKtmLQwLPcmGJvsf9c64yy3bfzWCZPPwEAvp3ZTUjV0zo8sBoJ3tnSmGyjmBw9BzMQqVnQ3eOWaC8Sx/+lVaqIwXSYZ/RDohxNNwdx8eCkv8MXljfTcRaWN6a/fvq1njshinCDoz6iJZrdzv3kV7uFJ0i/ayvOp0xzvEm9NOcG8bBDY/sGel5IkHgVni4ij4ccfTDjDW4ZGlBAFhfiPluqgUN682fiCwcdJ+pTjo/sKXUaRgijQZu8w= Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 9/3/26 12:29, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote: > Hi, Btw, I was wonder whether the subject would be better as "mm: distinguish HW PTE pointers from SW PTE value pointers" or sth. like that. -- Cheers, David