linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 0/2] RISC-V: mm: Make SV48 the default address space

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Message-ID: <20230705-gloater-relation-29a6080ec87d@spud>
Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2023 21:00:18 +0100
From:   Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To:     Charlie Jenkins <charlie@...osinc.com>
Cc:     linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        paul.walmsley@...ive.com, palmer@...osinc.com,
        aou@...s.berkeley.edu, anup@...infault.org,
        konstantin@...uxfoundation.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        mick@....forth.gr, jrtc27@...c27.com
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v3 0/2] RISC-V: mm: Make SV48 the default address
 space

Hey Charlie,

On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 11:59:40AM -0700, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
> Make sv48 the default address space for mmap as some applications
> currently depend on this assumption. Also enable users to select
> desired address space using a non-zero hint address to mmap. Previous
> kernel changes caused Java and other applications to be broken on sv57
> which this patch fixes.
> 
> Documentation is also added to the RISC-V virtual memory section to explain
> these changes.

I can't find a changelog in any of these patches, nor an explanation for
why this is v3 (or a RESEND). All I can find on the list is a v1. Could
you explain and provide a changelog please?

Cheers,
Conor.

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