Re: [PATCH RFC v2 00/20] mm: optimize unnecessary loads due to ptep_get() and friends out

Yeoreum Yun <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:30:52 +0100
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> One of my nits about v1 was that it didn't really frame the series
> precisely. It talks about "optimization" instead of fundamentally
> changing the way that the kernel deals with folded page table levels.
> 
> The optimization that this *wants* to talk about kinda falls out of that
> refactoring. It's not really the core of the series, IMNHO.
> 
> This series effectively changes the rules about where and how folded
> page table levels can be manipulated. In doing that, the door is opened
> to optimizing out the unnecessary loads.

I see. might the title and the cover letter should be reparsed.
Thanks to remind it again :)

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Sincerely,
Yeoreum Yun