linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 0/8] mm: folio_zero

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Message-ID: <87ldj3f264.fsf@oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:04:03 -0800
From: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, x86@...nel.org, david@...nel.org, bp@...en8.de,
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        konrad.wilk@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/8] mm: folio_zero_user: clear contiguous pages


Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:49:14 -0800 Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com> wrote:
>
>> This series adds clearing of contiguous page ranges for hugepages.
>>
>
> Review is a bit thin at this time but it's at v10 and seems a thing we
> want to push ahead with.

I think David Hildebrand has looked at all the HIGHMEM patches quite closely
(though, not this iteration where I reorganized things a bit.)

> So I'll add this to mm.git's mm-new branch for testing.  I expect a few
> days after that I'll quietly move it into the mm-unstable branch where
> it will receive linux-next exposure.  Further progress into mm.git's
> non-rebasing for-next-merge-window mm-stable branch will depend upon
> test and review outcomes.

Sounds great. Thanks!

--
ankur