Re: [PATCH 0/6] mm: preparatory patches for PMD level swap entries

[David Hildenbrand (Arm)]

On 6/30/26 18:34, Usama Arif wrote:
> This is the preparatory part of the PMD page table swapin work.  The
> full PMD swap entry series has been split into two parts:
> 
>   1. this preparatory series, which contains the first 6 patches. Zi [1]
>      and Lance [2] suggested to separate this out from the core series.
>   2. the PMD swap entry core series, which depends on this one. I will
>      send this once the preparatory series is merged in mm-new as v3
>      as the combined is currently at v2 [1].
>      I have not marked this prep series as v3, as its not really adding
>      support for PMD swap entries.
> 
> This series does not introduce PMD swap entries and does not install any
> new page-table entry type.  It only cleans up existing PMD softleaf
> helpers and call sites so the follow-up PMD swap entry series can be
> smaller and easier to review.
> 
> It should be safe to merge independently.  

Agreed, thanks for working on this and splitting this part out!

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Cheers,

David