linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm: tweaks for improving use of vmap

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Message-Id: <20180430161515.118e6538e4d4f1cc4ae425cc@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:15:15 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@...il.com>
Cc:     willy@...radead.org, mhocko@...nel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, igor.stoppa@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm: tweaks for improving use of vmap_area

On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 03:42:41 +0400 Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@...il.com> wrote:

> These two patches were written in preparation for the creation of
> protectable memory, however their use is not limited to pmalloc and can
> improve the use of virtally contigous memory.
> 
> The first provides a faster path from struct page to the vm_struct that
> tracks it.
> 
> The second patch renames a single linked list field inside of vmap_area.
> The list is currently used only for disposing of the data structure, once
> it is not in use anymore.
> Which means that it cold be used for other purposes while it'not queued
> for destruction.

The patches look benign to me (feel free to add my ack), but I'm not
seeing a reason to apply them at this time?