Re: [PATCH v3 03/26] mm: introduce AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP

[Yosry Ahmed]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 9:01 AM Gregory Price <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 03, 2026 at 07:06:02AM -0700, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> > > As far as I know, Brendan is no longer at Google.  I do not know whether
> > > he plans to continue the ALLOC_UNMAPPED / mermap work, or whether someone
> > > else at Google has taken it over.
> >
> > I am currently working on a new version of the ALLOC_UNMAPPED series,
> > I am hoping to send something out soon.
> >
>
> Hi Yosry,
>
> I've been trying to pull just the alloc_flags extensions (bulk and folio
> allocator API extensions) out of this set and my private-node work.
>
> I was taking another browse to make sure I didn't miss anything.
> I just saw this, and noticed i should have probably been cc'ing you
> here instead of Brendan:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260914155115.439742-1-gourry@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Do you have any concerns with me trying to pull this plumbing out ahead?
> Trying my best not to cause annoying conflicts.

Not at all. I have been poking at ALLOC_UNMAPPED to post v4, but I
have run into several issues (which is why I haven't posted anything
yet). So please feel free to pull out whatever you want, do not block
on this :)