[PATCH 06/10] mm: Remove remaining references to NUMA hinting bits and helpers

2015-01-05 Thread Mel Gorman
This patch removes the NUMA PTE bits and associated helpers. As a side-effect it increases the maximum possible swap space on x86-64. One potential source of problems is races between the marking of PTEs PROT_NONE, NUMA hinting faults and migration. It must be guaranteed that a PTE being

[PATCH 06/10] mm: Remove remaining references to NUMA hinting bits and helpers

2014-12-04 Thread Mel Gorman
This patch removes the NUMA PTE bits and associated helpers. As a side-effect it increases the maximum possible swap space on x86-64. One potential source of problems is races between the marking of PTEs PROT_NONE, NUMA hinting faults and migration. It must be guaranteed that a PTE being

[PATCH 06/10] mm: Remove remaining references to NUMA hinting bits and helpers

2014-11-21 Thread Mel Gorman
This patch removes the NUMA PTE bits and associated helpers. As a side-effect it increases the maximum possible swap space on x86-64. One potential source of problems is races between the marking of PTEs PROT_NONE, NUMA hinting faults and migration. It must be guaranteed that a PTE being

[PATCH 06/10] mm: Remove remaining references to NUMA hinting bits and helpers

2014-11-20 Thread Mel Gorman
This patch removes the NUMA PTE bits and associated helpers. As a side-effect it increases the maximum possible swap space on x86-64. One potential source of problems is races between the marking of PTEs PROT_NONE, NUMA hinting faults and migration. It must be guaranteed that a PTE being