[PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: arm64: Use folio for THP support
Oliver Upton
oliver.upton at linux.dev
Mon Oct 30 13:16:27 PDT 2023
On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 05:57:31PM +0000, Oliver Upton wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:32:02 +0100, Vincent Donnefort wrote:
> > With the introduction of folios for transparent huge pages [1], we
> > can rely on this support to identify if a page is backed by a huge one,
> > saving a page table walk.
> >
> > v1 -> v2:
> > * Add git reference to [1] in the commit message
> > * GUP always acted on the Head page under the hood. Update the commit
> > message.
> >
> > [...]
>
> Applied to kvmarm/next, thanks!
>
> [1/2] KVM: arm64: Do not transfer page refcount for THP adjustment
> https://git.kernel.org/kvmarm/kvmarm/c/c04bf723ccd6
> [2/2] KVM: arm64: Use folio for THP adjustment
> https://git.kernel.org/kvmarm/kvmarm/c/bf92834e6f6e
Based on the discussion I've gone ahead and dropped the second patch.
I'm keeping the first since it is a nice cleanup.
Thanks Ryan for catching what would've otherwise been a rather nasty
bug.
--
Thanks,
Oliver
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