linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] virtio_balloon: Stop calling page_address() in free

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Message-ID: <8ac6e37b-15f0-40ee-b60c-8893156f8cbd@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 21:13:17 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.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>,
 linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux.dev,
 "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] virtio_balloon: Stop calling page_address() in
 free_pages()

On 03.09.25 20:59, 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@...il.com>
> ---

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

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Cheers

David / dhildenb