Re: [PATCH RESEND v4 0/3] Optimize S2 hugepage splitting, introduce skip-level flags

From: Marc Zyngier

Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 11:57:41 EST


On Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:12:35 +0000,
Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> While playing with dirty-bit tracking, I decided to take a look on how page
> splitting works. Found out all entries are walked, even though we don't need
> to walk the level-3 entries, as they don't need to be split.

What's the point of this "RESEND"? Anything different from what you
sent on Sept 30th? Since it is still numbered v4, I assume nothing has
changed...

M.

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