Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] mm: Optimize mseal checks
From: Jeff Xu
Date: Thu Aug 08 2024 - 21:03:33 EST
On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 5:34 PM Pedro Falcato <pedro.falcato@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 12:12 AM Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 22:13:03 +0100 Pedro Falcato <pedro.falcato@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > This series also depends on (and will eventually very slightly conflict with)
> > > the powerpc series that removes arch_unmap[2].
> >
> > That's awkward. Please describe the dependency?
>
> One of the transformations done in this patch series (patch 2) assumes
> that arch_unmap either doesn't exist or does nothing.
> PPC is the only architecture with an arch_unmap implementation, and
> through the series I linked they're going to make it work via
> ->close().
>
> What's the easiest way to deal with this? Can the PPC series go
> through the mm tree?
>
This patch can't be merged until arch_unmap() is all removed (ppc change)
Also I'm still doing a test/reviewing for this patch, perhaps it is
better to wait till my test is done.
Thanks
-Jeff