linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] mm: Introduce wrappers to access mm->nr

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Date:   Fri, 6 Oct 2017 12:55:17 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] mm: Introduce wrappers to access mm->nr_ptes

On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 09:32:03AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> On 10/05/2017 03:44 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > Let's add wrappers for ->nr_ptes with the same interface as for nr_pmd
> > and nr_pud.
> > 
> > It's preparation for consolidation of page-table counters in mm_struct.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Hey Kirill,
> 
> This patch does not apply cleanly either on mainline or on the latest
> mmotm branch mmotm-2017-10-03-17-08. Is there any other branch like
> 'linux next' you might have rebased these patches against ?

It's against mmots. There's pud page tables accounting patch we depent
onto.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov