From: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: dave@sr71.net, thomas.lendacky@amd.com, mhocko@suse.com,
linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org, tiwai@suse.de, ying.huang@intel.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, bp@suse.de,
baiyaowei@cmss.chinamobile.com, zwisler@kernel.org,
bhelgaas@google.com, fengguang.wu@intel.com,
akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Allow persistent memory to be used like normal RAM
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:29:10 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <x49sgxr9rjd.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190116181859.D1504459@viggo.jf.intel.com> (Dave Hansen's message of "Wed, 16 Jan 2019 10:18:59 -0800")
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> writes:
> Persistent memory is cool. But, currently, you have to rewrite
> your applications to use it. Wouldn't it be cool if you could
> just have it show up in your system like normal RAM and get to
> it like a slow blob of memory? Well... have I got the patch
> series for you!
So, isn't that what memory mode is for?
https://itpeernetwork.intel.com/intel-optane-dc-persistent-memory-operating-modes/
Why do we need this code in the kernel?
-Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-01-17 16:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-16 18:18 [PATCH 0/4] Allow persistent memory to be used like normal RAM Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 18:18 ` Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 18:19 ` [PATCH 1/4] mm/resource: return real error codes from walk failures Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 18:19 ` Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 20:38 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2019-01-16 20:38 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2019-01-16 18:19 ` [PATCH 2/4] mm/memory-hotplug: allow memory resources to be children Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 18:19 ` Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 19:16 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-16 23:01 ` Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 23:38 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-23 20:03 ` Dave Hansen
2019-01-23 20:15 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-18 19:58 ` Dave Hansen
2019-01-18 20:26 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-23 17:05 ` Michal Hocko
2019-01-16 18:19 ` [PATCH 3/4] dax/kmem: let walk_system_ram_range() search child resources Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 18:19 ` Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 18:19 ` [PATCH 4/4] dax: "Hotplug" persistent memory for use like normal RAM Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 18:19 ` Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 21:16 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2019-01-16 21:16 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2019-01-16 21:40 ` Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 21:44 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2019-01-16 21:44 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2019-01-16 22:06 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-16 22:06 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-16 21:53 ` Dave Hansen
2019-01-16 21:59 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2019-01-16 21:59 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2019-01-16 21:31 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-16 21:31 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-17 5:21 ` Du, Fan
2019-01-17 16:56 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-17 16:56 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-17 8:19 ` Yanmin Zhang
2019-01-17 15:17 ` Dave Hansen
2019-01-18 7:47 ` Yanmin Zhang
2019-01-18 15:20 ` Dave Hansen
2019-01-17 16:29 ` Jeff Moyer [this message]
2019-01-17 16:29 ` [PATCH 0/4] Allow persistent memory to be used " Jeff Moyer
2019-01-17 16:47 ` Keith Busch
2019-01-17 17:20 ` Jeff Moyer
2019-01-17 17:20 ` Jeff Moyer
2019-01-17 19:34 ` Keith Busch
2019-01-17 21:57 ` Jeff Moyer
2019-01-17 21:57 ` Jeff Moyer
2019-01-18 11:48 ` Fengguang Wu
2019-01-17 16:50 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-17 16:50 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-17 22:43 ` Dave Hansen
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