linux-kernel - RE: [External] Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/6] use mm to manage NVDIMM (pmem) zone

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Message-ID: <HK2PR03MB1684FC2E2FB3C59C913D0C97929A0@HK2PR03MB1684.apcprd03.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Tue, 8 May 2018 00:54:59 +0000
From:   Huaisheng HS1 Ye <yehs1@...ovo.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
CC:     "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "mhocko@...e.com" <mhocko@...e.com>,
        "vbabka@...e.cz" <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        "mgorman@...hsingularity.net" <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        "pasha.tatashin@...cle.com" <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>,
        "alexander.levin@...izon.com" <alexander.levin@...izon.com>,
        "hannes@...xchg.org" <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        "penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp" 
        <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
        "colyli@...e.de" <colyli@...e.de>,
        NingTing Cheng <chengnt@...ovo.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>
Subject: RE: [External]  Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/6] use mm to manage NVDIMM (pmem)
 zone


> 
> On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 10:50:21PM +0800, Huaisheng Ye wrote:
> > Traditionally, NVDIMMs are treated by mm(memory management)
> subsystem as
> > DEVICE zone, which is a virtual zone and both its start and end of pfn
> > are equal to 0, mm wouldn’t manage NVDIMM directly as DRAM, kernel
> uses
> > corresponding drivers, which locate at \drivers\nvdimm\ and
> > \drivers\acpi\nfit and fs, to realize NVDIMM memory alloc and free with
> > memory hot plug implementation.
> 
> You probably want to let linux-nvdimm know about this patch set.
> Adding to the cc.  Also, I only received patch 0 and 4.  What happened
> to 1-3,5 and 6?

Sorry, It could be something wrong with my git-sendemail, but my mailbox has received all of them.
Anyway, I will send them again and CC linux-nvdimm.

Thanks
Huaisheng