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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@openvz.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] mm: kill vma flag VM_CAN_NONLINEAR
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:01:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+55aFwsmREkwBHuP_atBm7FJ76J=WjDj8aQsne85gbX9Sk19w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120331092915.19920.14205.stgit@zurg>

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 2:29 AM, Konstantin Khlebnikov
<khlebnikov@openvz.org> wrote:
> This patch moves actual ptes filling for non-linear file mappings
> into special vma operation: ->remap_pages().
>
> Now fs must implement this method to get non-linear mappings support.
> If fs uses filemap_fault() then it can use generic_file_remap_pages() for this.

Me likee.

The other patches in the series look ok too, but this one in
particular is definitely the right thing, and an example of how people
have just used vm_flags bits for all the wrong reasons.

                  Linus

  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-31 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-31  9:25 [PATCH 0/7] mm: vma->vm_flags diet Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-31  9:29 ` [PATCH 1/7] mm, x86, PAT: rework linear pfn-mmap tracking Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-31 17:09   ` [PATCH 1/7 v2] " Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-03  0:46     ` [x86 PAT PATCH 0/2] x86 PAT vm_flag code refactoring Suresh Siddha
2012-04-03  0:46       ` [x86 PAT PATCH 1/2] x86, pat: remove the dependency on 'vm_pgoff' in track/untrack pfn vma routines Suresh Siddha
2012-04-03  5:37         ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-03 23:31           ` Suresh Siddha
2012-04-04  4:43             ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-05 11:56             ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-06  0:01               ` [v3 VM_PAT PATCH 0/3] x86 VM_PAT series Suresh Siddha
2012-04-06  0:01                 ` [v3 VM_PAT PATCH 1/3] x86, pat: remove the dependency on 'vm_pgoff' in track/untrack pfn vma routines Suresh Siddha
2012-04-06  0:01                 ` [v3 VM_PAT PATCH 2/3] x86, pat: separate the pfn attribute tracking for remap_pfn_range and vm_insert_pfn Suresh Siddha
2012-04-06  0:01                 ` [v3 VM_PAT PATCH 3/3] mm, x86, PAT: rework linear pfn-mmap tracking Suresh Siddha
2012-04-03  0:46       ` [x86 PAT PATCH 2/2] " Suresh Siddha
2012-04-03  5:48         ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-03  5:55           ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-03  6:03       ` [x86 PAT PATCH 0/2] x86 PAT vm_flag code refactoring Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-03 23:14         ` Suresh Siddha
2012-04-04  4:40           ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-31  9:29 ` [PATCH 2/7] mm: introduce vma flag VM_ARCH_1 Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-31 22:25   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2012-03-31  9:29 ` [PATCH 3/7] mm: kill vma flag VM_CAN_NONLINEAR Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-31 17:01   ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2012-03-31  9:29 ` [PATCH 4/7] mm: kill vma flag VM_INSERTPAGE Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-31  9:29 ` [PATCH 5/7] mm, drm/udl: fixup vma flags on mmap Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-31  9:29 ` [PATCH 6/7] mm: kill vma flag VM_EXECUTABLE Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-31 20:13   ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-03-31 20:39     ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2012-04-02  9:46       ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-02  9:54         ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2012-04-02 10:13           ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-02 14:48         ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-04-02 16:02           ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2012-04-02 16:19           ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-02 16:27             ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2012-04-02 17:14               ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-02 18:05                 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2012-04-02 23:04     ` Matt Helsley
2012-04-03  5:10       ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-03 18:16         ` Matt Helsley
2012-04-03 19:32           ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2012-04-05 20:29             ` Matt Helsley
2012-04-05 20:53               ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2012-04-05 21:04               ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-05 21:44                 ` Matt Helsley
2012-04-05 21:55                   ` Linus Torvalds
2012-04-06  4:36                     ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-02 23:18   ` Matt Helsley
2012-04-03  5:06     ` Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-04-06 22:48       ` Andrew Morton
2012-03-31  9:29 ` [PATCH 7/7] mm: move madvise vma flags to the end Konstantin Khlebnikov
2012-03-31 14:06 ` [PATCH 0/7] mm: vma->vm_flags diet Andi Kleen

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