Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] mm/mprotect: micro-optimization work

[Pedro Falcato]

On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 11:33:28AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu,  2 Apr 2026 15:16:26 +0100 Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Micro-optimize the change_protection functionality and the
> > change_pte_range() routine. This set of functions works in an incredibly
> > tight loop, and even small inefficiencies are incredibly evident when spun
> > hundreds, thousands or hundreds of thousands of times.
> 
> Thanks, I updated mm.git's mm-unstable branch to this version.
> 
> The update is rather large.  If people think it best to spill this work
> into next -rc1 then please advise.

I think it's a fairly safe change for 7.1, but I'm biased :) Perhaps others think
otherwise.

-- 
Pedro