Re: [PATCH 0/8] Convert powerpc to default topdown mmap layout

Christophe Leroy
2021-11-24T13:44:33Z

Le 24/11/2021 à 14:21, Nicholas Piggin a écrit :
> Excerpts from Christophe Leroy's message of November 22, 2021 6:48 pm:
>> This series converts powerpc to default topdown mmap layout.
>>
>> powerpc provides its own arch_get_unmapped_area() only when
>> slices are needed, which is only for book3s/64. First part of
>> the series moves slices into book3s/64 specific directories
>> and cleans up other subarchitectures.
>>
>> Then a small modification is done to core mm to allow
>> powerpc to still provide its own arch_randomize_brk()
>>
>> Last part converts to default topdown mmap layout.
>
> A nice series but will clash badly with the CONFIG_HASH_MMU
> series of course. One will have to be rebased if they are
> both to be merged.
>

No worry, it should be an issue.

If you already forsee that series being merged soon, I can rebase my
series on top of it just now.

Christophe