linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] arm64: mm: Test for pmd_sect() in vmemmap_check

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Message-Id: <173626870329.286960.5328606288066578023.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Wed,  8 Jan 2025 16:38:56 +0000
From: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To: anshuman.khandual@....com,
	catalin.marinas@....com,
	Zhenhua Huang <quic_zhenhuah@...cinc.com>
Cc: kernel-team@...roid.com,
	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
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	ryan.roberts@....com,
	mark.rutland@....com,
	joey.gouly@....com,
	dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	chenfeiyang@...ngson.cn,
	chenhuacai@...nel.org,
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	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	quic_tingweiz@...cinc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] arm64: mm: Test for pmd_sect() in vmemmap_check_pmd()

On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:40:47 +0800, Zhenhua Huang wrote:
> Commit 2045a3b8911b ("mm/sparse-vmemmap: generalise vmemmap_populate_hugepages()")
> introduces the vmemmap_check_pmd() while does not verify if the entry is a
> section mapping, as is already done for Loongarch & X86.
> The update includes a check for pmd_sect(). Only if pmd_sect() returns true,
> further vmemmap population for the addr is skipped.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/mm), thanks!

[1/1] arm64: mm: Test for pmd_sect() in vmemmap_check_pmd()
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/9ab2601dc4c1

Cheers,
-- 
Will

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