From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com>, Linux MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@nvidia.com>,
John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] mm/hmm: allow to mirror vma of a file on a DAX backed filesystem
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 14:16:35 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190305141635.8134e310ba7187bc39532cd3@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPcyv4gb+r==riKFXkVZ7gGdnKe62yBmZ7xOa4uBBByhnK9Tzg@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:44:46 -0800 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Another way to help allay these worries is commit to no new exports
> > > without in-tree users. In general, that should go without saying for
> > > any core changes for new or future hardware.
> >
> > I always intend to have an upstream user the issue is that the device
> > driver tree and the mm tree move a different pace and there is always
> > a chicken and egg problem. I do not think Andrew wants to have to
> > merge driver patches through its tree, nor Linus want to have to merge
> > drivers and mm trees in specific order. So it is easier to introduce
> > mm change in one release and driver change in the next. This is what
> > i am doing with ODP. Adding things necessary in 5.1 and working with
> > Mellanox to have the ODP HMM patch fully tested and ready to go in
> > 5.2 (the patch is available today and Mellanox have begin testing it
> > AFAIK). So this is the guideline i will be following. Post mm bits
> > with driver patches, push to merge mm bits one release and have the
> > driver bits in the next. I do hope this sound fine to everyone.
>
> The track record to date has not been "merge HMM patch in one release
> and merge the driver updates the next". If that is the plan going
> forward that's great, and I do appreciate that this set came with
> driver changes, and maintain hope the existing exports don't go
> user-less for too much longer.
Decision time. Jerome, how are things looking for getting these driver
changes merged in the next cycle?
Dan, what's your overall take on this series for a 5.1-rc1 merge?
Jerome, what would be the risks in skipping just this [09/10] patch?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-05 22:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 98+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-29 16:54 [PATCH 00/10] HMM updates for 5.1 jglisse
2019-01-29 16:54 ` [PATCH 01/10] mm/hmm: use reference counting for HMM struct jglisse
2019-02-20 23:47 ` John Hubbard
2019-02-20 23:59 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-02-21 0:06 ` John Hubbard
2019-02-21 0:15 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-02-21 0:32 ` John Hubbard
2019-02-21 0:37 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-02-21 0:42 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-29 16:54 ` [PATCH 02/10] mm/hmm: do not erase snapshot when a range is invalidated jglisse
2019-02-20 23:58 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-29 16:54 ` [PATCH 03/10] mm/hmm: improve and rename hmm_vma_get_pfns() to hmm_range_snapshot() jglisse
2019-02-21 0:25 ` John Hubbard
2019-02-21 0:28 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-29 16:54 ` [PATCH 04/10] mm/hmm: improve and rename hmm_vma_fault() to hmm_range_fault() jglisse
2019-01-29 16:54 ` [PATCH 05/10] mm/hmm: improve driver API to work and wait over a range jglisse
2019-01-29 16:54 ` [PATCH 06/10] mm/hmm: add default fault flags to avoid the need to pre-fill pfns arrays jglisse
2019-01-29 16:54 ` [PATCH 07/10] mm/hmm: add an helper function that fault pages and map them to a device jglisse
2019-03-18 20:21 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-18 20:41 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-18 21:30 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-18 22:15 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-19 3:29 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-19 13:30 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-19 8:44 ` Ira Weiny
2019-03-19 17:10 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-19 14:10 ` Ira Weiny
2019-01-29 16:54 ` [PATCH 08/10] mm/hmm: support hugetlbfs (snap shoting, faulting and DMA mapping) jglisse
2019-01-29 16:54 ` [PATCH 09/10] mm/hmm: allow to mirror vma of a file on a DAX backed filesystem jglisse
2019-01-29 18:41 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-29 19:31 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-29 20:51 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-29 21:21 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-30 2:32 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-30 3:03 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-30 17:25 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-30 18:36 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-31 3:28 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-31 4:16 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-31 5:44 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-05 22:16 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2019-03-06 4:20 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-06 15:51 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-06 15:57 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-06 16:03 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-06 16:06 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-07 17:46 ` Andrew Morton
2019-03-07 18:56 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-12 3:13 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-12 15:25 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-12 16:06 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-12 19:06 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-12 19:30 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-12 20:34 ` Dave Chinner
2019-03-13 1:06 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-12 21:52 ` Andrew Morton
2019-03-13 0:10 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-13 0:46 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-13 1:00 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-13 16:06 ` Andrew Morton
2019-03-13 18:39 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-06 15:49 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-06 22:18 ` Andrew Morton
2019-03-07 0:36 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-29 16:54 ` [PATCH 10/10] mm/hmm: add helpers for driver to safely take the mmap_sem jglisse
2019-02-20 21:59 ` John Hubbard
2019-02-20 22:19 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-02-20 22:40 ` John Hubbard
2019-02-20 23:09 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-02-20 23:17 ` [PATCH 00/10] HMM updates for 5.1 John Hubbard
2019-02-20 23:36 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-02-22 23:31 ` Ralph Campbell
2019-03-13 1:27 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-13 16:10 ` Andrew Morton
2019-03-13 18:01 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2019-03-13 18:33 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-18 17:00 ` Kuehling, Felix
2019-03-18 17:04 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-18 18:30 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-18 18:54 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-18 19:18 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-18 19:28 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-18 19:36 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-19 16:40 ` Andrew Morton
2019-03-19 16:58 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-19 17:12 ` Andrew Morton
2019-03-19 17:18 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-19 17:33 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-19 17:45 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-19 18:42 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-19 19:05 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-19 19:13 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-19 14:18 ` Ira Weiny
2019-03-19 22:24 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-19 19:18 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-19 20:25 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-03-19 21:51 ` Stephen Rothwell
2019-03-19 18:51 ` Deucher, Alexander
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