Re: [PATCH v6 24/26] mm: Remove devmap related functions and page table bits
From: Dan Williams
Date: Tue Jan 14 2025 - 14:05:40 EST
Alistair Popple wrote:
> Now that DAX and all other reference counts to ZONE_DEVICE pages are
> managed normally there is no need for the special devmap PTE/PMD/PUD
> page table bits. So drop all references to these, freeing up a
> software defined page table bit on architectures supporting it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> # arm64
Hooray! Looks good to me modulo breaking up the previous patch.
Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>