linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/21] mm: ASI direct map management

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Message-ID: <7dd29a1e-cea8-4889-bff1-462ad00e25fb@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 13:30:00 -0700
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/21] mm: ASI direct map management

On 10/1/25 13:22, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 12:54:42PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
>> On 9/24/25 07:59, Brendan Jackman wrote:
>>> As per [0] I think ASI is ready to start merging. This is the first
>>> step. The scope of this series is: everything needed to set up the
>>> direct map in the restricted address spaces.
>> Brendan!
>>
>> Generally, we ask that patches get review tags before we consider them
>> for being merged. Is there a reason this series doesn't need reviews
>> before it gets merged?
> I think Brendan just meant that this is not an RFC aimed at prompting
> discussion anymore, these are fully functional patches aimed at being
> merged after they are reviewed and iterated on accordingly.

Just setting expectations ... I think Brendan has probably rewritten
this two or three times. I suggest he's about halfway done; only two or
three rewrites left. ;)

But, seriously, this _is_ a big deal. It's not going to be something
that gets a few tags slapped on it and gets merged. At least that's not
how I expect it to go.