Re: [PATCH 4/8] struct page: add field for vm_struct

2018-03-15 Thread J Freyensee
On 3/15/18 2:38 AM, Igor Stoppa wrote: On 14/03/18 19:43, J Freyensee wrote: On 3/13/18 3:00 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote: [...] Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox Igor, do you mind sticking these tags on the files that

Re: [PATCH 4/8] struct page: add field for vm_struct

2018-03-15 Thread J Freyensee
On 3/15/18 2:38 AM, Igor Stoppa wrote: On 14/03/18 19:43, J Freyensee wrote: On 3/13/18 3:00 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote: [...] Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox Igor, do you mind sticking these tags on the files that have spent some time reviewing a revision of your

Re: [PATCH 4/8] struct page: add field for vm_struct

2018-03-15 Thread Igor Stoppa
On 14/03/18 19:43, J Freyensee wrote: > On 3/13/18 3:00 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote: [...] >>> Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa >> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox > > Igor, do you mind sticking these tags on the files that have spent some > time reviewing a

Re: [PATCH 4/8] struct page: add field for vm_struct

2018-03-15 Thread Igor Stoppa
On 14/03/18 19:43, J Freyensee wrote: > On 3/13/18 3:00 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote: [...] >>> Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa >> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox > > Igor, do you mind sticking these tags on the files that have spent some > time reviewing a revision of your patchset (like the

Re: [PATCH 4/8] struct page: add field for vm_struct

2018-03-14 Thread J Freyensee
On 3/13/18 3:00 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 11:45:50PM +0200, Igor Stoppa wrote: When a page is used for virtual memory, it is often necessary to obtain a handler to the corresponding vm_struct, which refers to the virtually continuous area generated when invoking

Re: [PATCH 4/8] struct page: add field for vm_struct

2018-03-14 Thread J Freyensee
On 3/13/18 3:00 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 11:45:50PM +0200, Igor Stoppa wrote: When a page is used for virtual memory, it is often necessary to obtain a handler to the corresponding vm_struct, which refers to the virtually continuous area generated when invoking

Re: [PATCH 4/8] struct page: add field for vm_struct

2018-03-13 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 11:45:50PM +0200, Igor Stoppa wrote: > When a page is used for virtual memory, it is often necessary to obtain > a handler to the corresponding vm_struct, which refers to the virtually > continuous area generated when invoking vmalloc. > > The struct page has a "mapping"

Re: [PATCH 4/8] struct page: add field for vm_struct

2018-03-13 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 11:45:50PM +0200, Igor Stoppa wrote: > When a page is used for virtual memory, it is often necessary to obtain > a handler to the corresponding vm_struct, which refers to the virtually > continuous area generated when invoking vmalloc. > > The struct page has a "mapping"

[PATCH 4/8] struct page: add field for vm_struct

2018-03-13 Thread Igor Stoppa
When a page is used for virtual memory, it is often necessary to obtain a handler to the corresponding vm_struct, which refers to the virtually continuous area generated when invoking vmalloc. The struct page has a "mapping" field, which can be re-used, to store a pointer to the parent area.

[PATCH 4/8] struct page: add field for vm_struct

2018-03-13 Thread Igor Stoppa
When a page is used for virtual memory, it is often necessary to obtain a handler to the corresponding vm_struct, which refers to the virtually continuous area generated when invoking vmalloc. The struct page has a "mapping" field, which can be re-used, to store a pointer to the parent area.