Re: [PATCH mm-unstable v2 00/16] mm: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()

+ Lorenzo

Can you please Cc the people listed in the maintainers on the files you
are submitting against?  You seemed to Cc everyone but the mmap.c file
maintainers?


* Kalesh Singh <[email protected]> [241211 18:28]:
> Hi all,
> 
> This is v2 othe the arch_mmap_hint() series.
> 
> Changes in v2:
>   - MAP_FIXED case is also handled in arch_mmap_hint() since this is just a
>     special case of the hint addr being "enforced", per Yang Shi.
>   - Consolidate most of the error handling in arch_mmap_hint().
>   - Patch 16 ("mm: Fallback to generic_mmap_hint()") was folded into
>     Patch 2 ("mm: x86: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()")
> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]/
> 
> =======
> 
> This series introduces arch_mmap_hint() to handle allocating VA space
> for the hint address.

Why?  Could we get more details in your cover letter please?  This
entire email has as much detail as the subject line.

I don't want more arch_ anything.  If we can do this in a more generic
way, then we should.

> 
> Patches 1-16 introduce this new helper and Patch 17 uses it to fix the
> issue of mmap hint being ignored in some cases due to THP alignment [1]
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]/
> 
> Thanks,
> Kalesh
> 
> 
> Kalesh Singh (16):
>   mm: Introduce generic_mmap_hint()
>   mm: x86: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()
>   mm: arm: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()
>   mm: alpha: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()
>   mm: arc: Use generic_mmap_hint()
>   mm: csky: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()
>   mm: loongarch: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()
>   mm: mips: Introduce arch_align_mmap_hint()
>   mm: parisc: Introduce arch_align_mmap_hint()
>   mm: s390: Use generic_mmap_hint()
>   mm: sh: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()
>   mm: sparc32: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()
>   mm: sparc64: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()
>   mm: xtensa: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()
>   mm: powerpc: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()
>   mm: Respect mmap hint before THP alignment if allocation is possible
> 
>  arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h           |   1 +
>  arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c                |  31 +++---
>  arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable.h             |   1 +
>  arch/arc/mm/mmap.c                         |  43 +++++----
>  arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h             |   1 +
>  arch/arm/mm/mmap.c                         | 107 +++++++++------------
>  arch/csky/abiv1/inc/abi/pgtable-bits.h     |   1 +
>  arch/csky/abiv1/mmap.c                     |  68 +++++++------
>  arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h       |   1 +
>  arch/loongarch/mm/mmap.c                   |  49 +++++-----
>  arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h            |   1 +
>  arch/mips/mm/mmap.c                        |  50 +++++-----
>  arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h          |   1 +
>  arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c            |  53 +++++-----
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/slice.h |   1 +
>  arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/slice.c           |  31 ++++++
>  arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h            |   1 +
>  arch/s390/mm/mmap.c                        |  51 +++++-----
>  arch/sh/include/asm/pgtable.h              |   1 +
>  arch/sh/mm/mmap.c                          |  83 ++++++----------
>  arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_32.h        |   1 +
>  arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h        |   1 +
>  arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_32.c           |  33 ++++---
>  arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c           |  96 +++++++-----------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h          |   1 +
>  arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c               |  64 ++++++------
>  arch/xtensa/kernel/syscall.c               |  31 ++++--
>  include/linux/sched/mm.h                   |   9 ++
>  mm/huge_memory.c                           |  17 ++--
>  mm/mmap.c                                  |  86 +++++++++++------
>  30 files changed, 491 insertions(+), 424 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.47.0.338.g60cca15819-goog
> 
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