Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] mm: PAGE_KERNEL_* fallbacks

From: Luis R. Rodriguez
Date: Wed May 16 2018 - 12:11:33 EST


On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:55:05AM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> This is the 3rd iteration for moving PAGE_KERNEL_* fallback
> definitions into asm-generic headers. Greg asked for a Changelog
> for patch iteration changes, its below.
>
> All these patches have been tested by 0-day.
>
> Questions, and specially flames are greatly appreciated.

*Poke*

Who's tree should this go through?

Luis

>
> v3:
>
> Removed documentation effort to keep tabs on which architectures
> currently don't defint the respective PAGE_* flags. Keeping tabs
> on this is just not worth it.
>
> Ran a spell checker on all patches :)
>
> v2:
>
> I added a patch for PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC as suggested by Matthew Wilcox.
>
> v1:
>
> I sent out a patch just for dealing witht he fallback mechanism for
> PAGE_KERNEL_RO.
>
> Luis R. Rodriguez (2):
> mm: provide a fallback for PAGE_KERNEL_RO for architectures
> mm: provide a fallback for PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC for architectures
>
> drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c | 5 -----
> include/asm-generic/pgtable.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> mm/nommu.c | 4 ----
> mm/vmalloc.c | 4 ----
> 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.17.0
>
>

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