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=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, 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 5C565C2D0A8 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B13A720882 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:30:04 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org B13A720882 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id 459726B005C; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:30:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id 3E3086B0062; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:30:04 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 25D4D6B0068; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:30:04 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0056.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.56]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08D1A6B005C for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:30:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin13.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay04.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE6ED5828 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:30:03 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 77304237486.13.drain33_380feeb2716e Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (10.5.16.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.16.251]) by smtpin13.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A013181415A0 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:30:03 +0000 (UTC) X-HE-Tag: drain33_380feeb2716e X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 2585 Received: from verein.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.211]) by imf43.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:30:03 +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 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) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: 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?