linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/8] hugetlb: restructure pool allocations

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Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2023 12:13:05 +0200
From:   Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>
To:     Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Xiongchun Duan <duanxiongchun@...edance.com>,
        Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@...ux.dev>,
        Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@...cle.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/8] hugetlb: restructure pool allocations

On 7.10.2023 03:51, Jane Chu wrote:
> Hi, Konrad,
> 
> Just wondering, is your arm64 system a VM instance, or a bare metal?
That's a tricky question :)

Qualcomm platforms expose much of the hardware in a manner that's
similar to a VM, there's an extensive irreplaceable hypervisor in
place and the user can only boot Linux at EL1..

So, I guess the answer here is "somewhat bare metal" :/

Konrad
> 
> thanks!
> -jane
> 
> 
> On 10/6/2023 2:39 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> On 6.10.2023 05:08, Mike Kravetz wrote:
>>> On 10/02/23 11:57, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9/29/23 22:57, Mike Kravetz wrote:
>>>>> On 09/27/23 13:26, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>>>>
> [..]
>>> I will send out an updated version series in the hope that any other
>>> issues may be discovered.
>> I'm pushing the "later this week" by answering near end of calendar
>> day, Friday, but it seems like this patch in v7 still prevents the
>> device from booting..
>>
>> You can find my defconfig at the link below.
>>
>> https://gist.github.com/konradybcio/d865f8dc9b12a98ba3875ec5a9aac42e
>>
>> Konrad
>>