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From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
To: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox" <willy@infradead.org>,
	linux@armlinux.org.uk, "Robin van der Gracht" <robin@protonic.nl>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm: Introduce new function vm_insert_kmem_page
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 21:46:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANiq72mkTP_m20vqei-cpN+ypQ_gU472qn5m68vb_4Nqj5afMQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFqt6zaN0PQHkjuwFf8VriROLy7qrPDu-iNE=VPiXJw8C7GpQg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Souptick,

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 8:49 PM Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 11:47 PM Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > I think this is a bad plan.  What we should rather do is examine the current
> > users of vm_insert_page() and ask "What interface would better replace
> > vm_insert_page()?"
> >
> > As I've said to you before, I believe the right answer is to have a
> > vm_insert_range() which takes an array of struct page pointers.  That
> > fits the majority of remaining users.
>
> Ok, but it will take some time.
> Is it a good idea to introduce the final vm_fault_t patch and then
> start working on vm_insert_range as it will be bit time consuming ?
>

Well, why is there a rush? Development should be done in a patch
series or a tree, and submitted as a whole, instead of sending partial
patches.

Also, not sure if you saw my comments/review: if the interface is not
going to change, why the name change? Why can't we simply keep using
vm_insert_page?

Cheers,
Miguel

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
To: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox" <willy@infradead.org>,
	linux@armlinux.org.uk, "Robin van der Gracht" <robin@protonic.nl>,
	stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de, hjc@rock-chips.com,
	"Heiko Stübner" <heiko@sntech.de>,
	"Dave Airlie" <airlied@linux.ie>,
	robin.murphy@arm.com, iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"Marek Szyprowski" <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>,
	"Kees Cook" <keescook@chromium.org>,
	treding@nvidia.com, mhocko@suse.com,
	"Dan Williams" <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com,
	"Mark Rutland" <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	"Andrey Ryabinin" <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>,
	"Dmitry Vyukov" <dvyukov@google.com>,
	"Kate Stewart" <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org>,
	tchibo@google.com, riel@redhat.com, minchan@kernel.org,
	"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm: Introduce new function vm_insert_kmem_page
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 21:46:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANiq72mkTP_m20vqei-cpN+ypQ_gU472qn5m68vb_4Nqj5afMQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFqt6zaN0PQHkjuwFf8VriROLy7qrPDu-iNE=VPiXJw8C7GpQg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Souptick,

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 8:49 PM Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 11:47 PM Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > I think this is a bad plan.  What we should rather do is examine the current
> > users of vm_insert_page() and ask "What interface would better replace
> > vm_insert_page()?"
> >
> > As I've said to you before, I believe the right answer is to have a
> > vm_insert_range() which takes an array of struct page pointers.  That
> > fits the majority of remaining users.
>
> Ok, but it will take some time.
> Is it a good idea to introduce the final vm_fault_t patch and then
> start working on vm_insert_range as it will be bit time consuming ?
>

Well, why is there a rush? Development should be done in a patch
series or a tree, and submitted as a whole, instead of sending partial
patches.

Also, not sure if you saw my comments/review: if the interface is not
going to change, why the name change? Why can't we simply keep using
vm_insert_page?

Cheers,
Miguel

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com (Miguel Ojeda)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] mm: Introduce new function vm_insert_kmem_page
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 21:46:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANiq72mkTP_m20vqei-cpN+ypQ_gU472qn5m68vb_4Nqj5afMQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFqt6zaN0PQHkjuwFf8VriROLy7qrPDu-iNE=VPiXJw8C7GpQg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Souptick,

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 8:49 PM Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 11:47 PM Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > I think this is a bad plan.  What we should rather do is examine the current
> > users of vm_insert_page() and ask "What interface would better replace
> > vm_insert_page()?"
> >
> > As I've said to you before, I believe the right answer is to have a
> > vm_insert_range() which takes an array of struct page pointers.  That
> > fits the majority of remaining users.
>
> Ok, but it will take some time.
> Is it a good idea to introduce the final vm_fault_t patch and then
> start working on vm_insert_range as it will be bit time consuming ?
>

Well, why is there a rush? Development should be done in a patch
series or a tree, and submitted as a whole, instead of sending partial
patches.

Also, not sure if you saw my comments/review: if the interface is not
going to change, why the name change? Why can't we simply keep using
vm_insert_page?

Cheers,
Miguel

  reply	other threads:[~2018-10-04 19:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-03 18:58 [PATCH v2] mm: Introduce new function vm_insert_kmem_page Souptick Joarder
2018-10-03 18:58 ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-03 19:58 ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-03 19:58   ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-03 19:58   ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-04 11:56   ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 11:56     ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 11:56     ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-03 20:00 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-03 20:00   ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-03 20:00   ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-03 22:14   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2018-10-03 22:14     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2018-10-03 22:14     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2018-10-04  0:39     ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-04  0:39       ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-04  0:39       ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-04 12:15     ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 12:15       ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 12:15       ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 12:34       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2018-10-04 12:34         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2018-10-04 12:34         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2018-10-04 12:34         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2018-10-04 12:34         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2018-10-04 18:12         ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 18:12           ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 18:12           ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 18:17           ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-04 18:17             ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-04 18:17             ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-04 18:53             ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 18:53               ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 18:53               ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 19:46               ` Miguel Ojeda [this message]
2018-10-04 19:46                 ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-04 19:46                 ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-05  5:50                 ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-05  5:50                   ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-05  5:50                   ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-05  8:52                   ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-05  8:52                     ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-05  8:52                     ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-05 10:01                     ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-05 10:01                       ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-05 10:01                       ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-05 10:49                       ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-05 10:49                         ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-05 10:49                         ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-05 12:11                         ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-05 12:11                           ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-05 12:11                           ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-05 18:09                           ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-05 18:09                             ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-05 18:09                             ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-06  5:14                             ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-06  5:14                               ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-06  5:14                               ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-06 10:49                               ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-06 10:49                                 ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-06 10:49                                 ` Miguel Ojeda
2018-10-23 12:14                                 ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-23 12:14                                   ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-23 12:14                                   ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-23 12:24                                   ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-23 12:24                                     ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-23 12:24                                     ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-23 12:33                                     ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-23 12:33                                       ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-23 12:33                                       ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-23 12:59                                       ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-23 12:59                                         ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-23 12:59                                         ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-10-23 13:15                                         ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-23 13:15                                           ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-23 13:15                                           ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 18:21   ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 18:21     ` Souptick Joarder
2018-10-04 18:21     ` Souptick Joarder

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