linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] mm, devm_memremap_pages: Add MEMORY_DEVICE

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Date:   Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:18:03 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] mm, devm_memremap_pages: Add
 MEMORY_DEVICE_PRIVATE support

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 07:22:22PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> In preparation for consolidating all ZONE_DEVICE enabling via
> devm_memremap_pages(), teach it how to handle the constraints of
> MEMORY_DEVICE_PRIVATE ranges.

MEMORY_DEVICE_PRIVATE still somehow boggles my mind, but otherwise
this looks sensible to me:

Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>