[PATCH v3 0/3] riscv: mm: Extend mappable memory up to hint address

patchwork-bot+linux-riscv at kernel.org patchwork-bot+linux-riscv at kernel.org
Wed Mar 20 13:50:39 PDT 2024


Hello:

This series was applied to riscv/linux.git (for-next)
by Palmer Dabbelt <palmer at rivosinc.com>:

On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:06:59 -0800 you wrote:
> On riscv, mmap currently returns an address from the largest address
> space that can fit entirely inside of the hint address. This makes it
> such that the hint address is almost never returned. This patch raises
> the mappable area up to and including the hint address. This allows mmap
> to often return the hint address, which allows a performance improvement
> over searching for a valid address as well as making the behavior more
> similar to other architectures.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v3,1/3] riscv: mm: Use hint address in mmap if available
    https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/b5b4287accd7
  - [v3,2/3] selftests: riscv: Generalize mm selftests
    https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/73d05262a2ca
  - [v3,3/3] docs: riscv: Define behavior of mmap
    https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/371a3c2055db

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