Re: [PATCH 17/30] mm: prefer vma_[start,end]_pgoff() to vma->vm_pgoff in kernel/
Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 11:09:02AM -0400, Gregory Price wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 03:56:33PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 11:49:18AM -0400, Gregory Price wrote: > > > > > > Silly question: > > > > There's no such thing :) > > > > All my questions are silly. That's my secret :] Mine too ;) > > > > > > > What's the purpose of retaining tags in a non-address value? > > > > Well if you want to reconstitute an address from it later then that'd be the > > intent, but I'm being hand wavey here for sure. > > > > Main thing is to retain stuff under the page mask > > > > Right, which ... > > vvvvvv > > > That sounds like there's fragility just waiting to be broken. > > If that's an actual issue, then our relationship with tags is painful :[ Yeah, I'm just not sure tbh. But all that is stuf for future masochism^Wfun anyway ;) focusing on the 'respin the monster series' fun^Wmasochism atm... > > ~Gregory Cheers, Lorenzo