Re: [PATCH RFC 01/11] mm: introduce hw_pte_t for PTE table storage

Anshuman Khandual <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:29:40 +0530
Newsgroups gmane.comp.freedesktop.xorg.drivers.intel,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.comp.video.dri.devel,gmane.linux.ports.parisc,gmane.comp.emulators.xen.devel,gmane.linux.kernel.mm,gmane.linux.file-systems,gmane.linux.kernel.cross-arch,gmane.linux.kernel.bpf,gmane.linux.kernel.perf.user
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On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 08:53:46AM +0200, Jürgen Groß wrote:
> On 31.07.26 07:49, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 05:46:52PM +0100, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> > > pte_t is used both for logical PTE values and for entries stored in a PTE
> > > table, so pte_t * does not distinguish a pointer to a copied value from a
> > > pointer to table storage.
> > 
> > Should we rather call them as "Linux PTE" and "HW PTE" instead ?
> 
> What about "SW PTE"?

Both Linux PTE or SW PTE would be better than current Logical PTE description.