linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/6] mm/page_alloc: gfp flags cleanups for alloc_contig

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Message-ID: <dd45ff45-8894-4502-a4ee-ca4cd927662b@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 09:29:48 +0100
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
 Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
 Naveen N Rao <naveen@...nel.org>, Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/6] mm/page_alloc: gfp flags cleanups for
 alloc_contig_*()

On 02.12.24 23:07, Zi Yan wrote:
> On 2 Dec 2024, at 7:58, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> 
>> Let's clean up the gfp flags handling, and support __GFP_ZERO, such that we
>> can finally remove the TODO in memtrace code.
>>
>> I did some alloc_contig_*() testing with virtio-mem and hugetlb; I did not
>> test powernv/memtrace -- I cross-compiled it, though.
>>
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
>> Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
>> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
>> Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
>> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
>> Cc: Naveen N Rao <naveen@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>
> 
> FYI, linux-mm does not get any of your emails: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/ECFA727B-F542-42E5-BE32-F9FB27F5DCDB@nvidia.com/, but linux-kernel has them.

Indeed, linuxppc seems to have them as well.

Guess I'll have to blame it on linux-mm, then ;)

Let me resend with #5 patch description adjusted. Thanks for the review!

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb