Re: [PATCH v3] drivers/hv: remove deposited pages from direct map

[Magnus Kulke]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 05:30:02PM -0700, Mukesh R wrote:
> On 9/18/26 03:48, Magnus Kulke wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 05:23:15PM -0700, Mukesh R wrote:
> no, we need to backport deposit-pages also (it is already in the
> internal 6.18) as not only it enhances the deposit, but also fixes
> couple bugs, so best to keep this separate. the deposit patch does
> address your comment:
> 
>  +     HV_DEPOSIT_MAX is capped at 511, so a deposit range cannot cover
>  +    * a 2MiB page, so deposited pages are of 4k granularity and cannot
>  +    * be collapses into a 2MiB page, which would require an allocation
>  +    * and can potentially fail.
> 
> IOW, as soon as it's merged, above will not be true always.

understood, so we'll drop that comment. but we can keep the logic?
(leaking the page should the  make-valid call fail)

best,

magnus