linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] x86: Stop calling page_address() in free

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Message-ID: <1c312a60-9c95-44dd-84c8-bd29c6ba78bd@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:08:44 -0700
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To: "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, Andy Lutomirski
 <luto@...nel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] x86: Stop calling page_address() in free_pages()

On 8/26/25 13:56, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote:
> free_pages() should be used when we only have a virtual address. We
> should call __free_pages() directly on our page instead.

Thanks for doing these, Vishal!

Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>