linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs/vm: add documentation of memory models

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Message-Id: <20190424180215.GA13535@rapoport-lnx>
Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 21:02:15 +0300
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs/vm: add documentation of memory models

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:14:55AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:28:35 +0300
> Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > Describe what {FLAT,DISCONTIG,SPARSE}MEM are and how they manage to
> > maintain pfn <-> struct page correspondence.
> 
> Quick question: should this document perhaps mention that DISCONTIGMEM
> appears to be on its way out?

I suspect it'll take a while until then, but I'll add a sentence about it
being deprecated.
Which reminds me that mm/Kconfig also begs for the corresponding update.
 
> Thanks,
> 
> jon
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.