linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/hibernate: Use fixmap for saving unmapped pages

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Message-ID: <c4c95945df72fda7b7d6f333a4aea7e19d7e684c.camel@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2023 17:23:20 +0000
From:   "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
To:     "rafael@...nel.org" <rafael@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/hibernate: Use fixmap for saving unmapped pages

On Mon, 2022-12-05 at 13:46 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Since none of the module space allocation overhauls ever seem to go
> > smoothly
> > and it may be awhile before VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS in not needed, I
> > thought I
> > would try and fix up some of its deficiencies in the meantime. This
> > is
> > pre-work for that, but I thought it was useful enough on it's own.
> > 
> > The testing was hacking up hibernate to load some data to a huge NP
> > mapping
> > and making sure the data was there when it came back.
> 
> OK, so I don't feel like it is 6.2 material at this point.
> 
> Please resend it when 6.2-rc1 is out so it gets some more significant
> linux-next coverage before going into the mainline.
> 
> Thanks!

Hi,

This still applies fine on both tip and Linus' tree. Is it a good time?

Thanks,

Rick