Re: [PATCH v1 00/10] variable-order, large folios for anonymous memory

[Yin Fengwei]

Hi Yu,

On 6/29/23 02:22, Yu Zhao wrote:
> And please make sure it's disabled by default, because we are still
> missing many important functions, e.g., I don't think we can mlock()
> when large() && !pmd_mappable(), see mlock_pte_range() and
> mlock_vma_folio(). We can fix it along with many things later, but we
> need to present a plan and a schedule now. Otherwise, there would be
> pushback if we try to land the series without supporting mlock().
> 
> Do you or Fengwei plan to take on it? (I personally don't.) If not,
Do you mean the mlock() with large folio? Yes. I can work on it. Thanks.


Regards
Yin, Fengwei

> I'll try to find someone from our team to look at it. (It'd be more
> scalable if we have a coordinated group of people individually solving
> different problems.)