On Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:32:25 +0800 Muchun Song <[email protected]> wrote:
> This v3 is based on mm-new commit 2ddb90ee544a, which contains v5 of > "mm: Switch device DAX to section-based vmemmap optimization" [1]. > > This series is split out from the earlier, larger series "mm: Generalize > HVO for HugeTLB and device DAX" [2]. While the parent series generalizes > vmemmap optimization across HugeTLB and device DAX, this subset addresses > a single, self-contained step: unifying their vmemmap population paths. > > After the preceding Device DAX conversion, both HugeTLB and Device DAX > describe optimized vmemmap mappings through memory-section metadata and > use per-zone shared tail vmemmap pages. The generic code, however, still > carries a Device DAX-specific population flag and compound-page population > path, along with arguments and helpers needed only by that path. > > This series first removes VMEMMAP_POPULATE_DAX and moves selection and > reference handling for the shared tail page into the common vmemmap > population path. It then removes the generic Device DAX-specific > compound-page population path and routes section vmemmap population > through vmemmap_populate(). The powerpc radix path continues to use its > architecture-specific compound-page population implementation for > optimizable sections. > > The remaining patches remove the unused ptpfn argument, open-code > vmemmap_populate_address() now that no caller needs its returned PTE, and > add a warning for inconsistent zone initialization of shared tail vmemmap > pages. > > This is the fourth smaller step toward the broader HVO generalization. > After this series, HugeTLB and Device DAX use the same population model > instead of parallel generic paths, while powerpc keeps its > architecture-specific implementation. afaict the whole series is "no functional changes intended". Apart from [6/6]'s new WARN_ON. And [3/6] is the one which could cause unintended fuctional changes! Thanks. I'll queue it. Reluctantly. We're up to 688 MM patches this cycle and it's time to stop.
