From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2135DC4727F for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:30:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E94B120878 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727201AbgIZGaE (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:30:04 -0400 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.211]:58442 "EHLO verein.lst.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726210AbgIZGaD (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:30:03 -0400 Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id 60DF068AFE; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:29:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:29:59 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Andrew Morton Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Peter Zijlstra , Boris Ostrovsky , Juergen Gross , Stefano Stabellini , Jani Nikula , Joonas Lahtinen , Tvrtko Ursulin , Chris Wilson , Matthew Auld , Rodrigo Vivi , Minchan Kim , Matthew Wilcox , Nitin Gupta , x86@kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: remove alloc_vm_area v2 Message-ID: <20200926062959.GA3427@lst.de> References: <20200924135853.875294-1-hch@lst.de> <20200925194349.d0ee9dbedb2ec48f0bfcd2ec@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200925194349.d0ee9dbedb2ec48f0bfcd2ec@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 07:43:49PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:58:42 +0200 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > this series removes alloc_vm_area, which was left over from the big > > vmalloc interface rework. It is a rather arkane interface, basicaly > > the equivalent of get_vm_area + actually faulting in all PTEs in > > the allocated area. It was originally addeds for Xen (which isn't > > modular to start with), and then grew users in zsmalloc and i915 > > which seems to mostly qualify as abuses of the interface, especially > > for i915 as a random driver should not set up PTE bits directly. > > > > Note that the i915 patches apply to the drm-tip branch of the drm-tip > > tree, as that tree has recent conflicting commits in the same area. > > Is the drm-tip material in linux-next yet? I'm still seeing a non-trivial > reject in there at present. I assumed it was, but the reject imply that they aren't. Tvrtko, do you know the details? From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 045B3C4741F for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:30:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC2BA20882 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:30:05 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org AC2BA20882 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E336E6E141; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:30:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from verein.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.211]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CB636E141; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:30:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id 60DF068AFE; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:29:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:29:59 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Andrew Morton Message-ID: <20200926062959.GA3427@lst.de> References: <20200924135853.875294-1-hch@lst.de> <20200925194349.d0ee9dbedb2ec48f0bfcd2ec@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200925194349.d0ee9dbedb2ec48f0bfcd2ec@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] remove alloc_vm_area v2 X-BeenThere: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Intel graphics driver community testing & development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Juergen Gross , Stefano Stabellini , Matthew Wilcox , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Peter Zijlstra , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, x86@kernel.org, Chris Wilson , Minchan Kim , Matthew Auld , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Boris Ostrovsky , Christoph Hellwig , Nitin Gupta Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "Intel-gfx" On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 07:43:49PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:58:42 +0200 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > this series removes alloc_vm_area, which was left over from the big > > vmalloc interface rework. It is a rather arkane interface, basicaly > > the equivalent of get_vm_area + actually faulting in all PTEs in > > the allocated area. It was originally addeds for Xen (which isn't > > modular to start with), and then grew users in zsmalloc and i915 > > which seems to mostly qualify as abuses of the interface, especially > > for i915 as a random driver should not set up PTE bits directly. > > > > Note that the i915 patches apply to the drm-tip branch of the drm-tip > > tree, as that tree has recent conflicting commits in the same area. > > Is the drm-tip material in linux-next yet? I'm still seeing a non-trivial > reject in there at present. I assumed it was, but the reject imply that they aren't. Tvrtko, do you know the details? _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx