Re: [PATCH v6 24/26] mm: Remove devmap related functions and page table bits

2025-01-14 Thread Dan Williams
Alistair Popple wrote: > Now that DAX and all other reference counts to ZONE_DEVICE pages are > managed normally there is no need for the special devmap PTE/PMD/PUD > page table bits. So drop all references to these, freeing up a > software defined page table bit on architectures supporting it. >

Re: [PATCH v6 24/26] mm: Remove devmap related functions and page table bits

2025-01-11 Thread Huacai Chen
Hi, Alistair, I think the last two patches can be squashed into this one. Huacai On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM Alistair Popple wrote: > > Now that DAX and all other reference counts to ZONE_DEVICE pages are > managed normally there is no need for the special devmap PTE/PMD/PUD > page table b

[PATCH v6 24/26] mm: Remove devmap related functions and page table bits

2025-01-09 Thread Alistair Popple
Now that DAX and all other reference counts to ZONE_DEVICE pages are managed normally there is no need for the special devmap PTE/PMD/PUD page table bits. So drop all references to these, freeing up a software defined page table bit on architectures supporting it. Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple A