Re: [PATCH RFC 0/7] mm: PG_reserved cleanups and documentation

[David Hildenbrand]

On 05.12.18 13:56, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 05-12-18 13:28:44, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> [...]
>> Most notably, for device memory we can hopefully soon stop setting
>> it PG_reserved
> 
> I am busy as hell so I am not likely to look at specific patche this
> week. But could you be more specific why we need to get rid of other
> PG_reserved users before we can do so for device memory?
> 

No worries, this has time.

For device memory, nothing should really be needed. I am only collecting
and docuumenting users and this is one user soon to go (eventually) :)

> I am all for removing relicts because they just confuse people but I
> fail to see any relation here.
> 

It's really only "why is this patch set not bigger", nothing related to
device memory actually :)

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb