Re: [PATCH mm-unstable v2 06/16] mm: csky: Introduce arch_mmap_hint()

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:40:10 -0500 "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> wrote:

> * Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com> [241211 18:28]:
> > Introduce csky arch_mmap_hint() and define HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_HINT.
> > This is a preparatory patch, no functional change is introduced.
> 
> This also looks like it has changed the validation order and potentially
> introduced functional changes?
> 
> All these stem from the same cloned code (sparc32 iirc), but were not
> updated when the cloned code was updated.  This is why I am against
> arch_* code.  We should find a better way to unify the code so that
> there is nothing different.  You seem to have gotten some of the shared
> code together, but some still exists.
> 
> In the addresses, there are upper and lower limits, and sometimes
> "colours".  Could we not just define the upper/lower limits in each arch
> and if colour is used?  Maybe this is complicated with 32/64 handled
> both in the 64 bit code.
> 
> Is there any plan to unite this code further?
> 
> We have had errors for many years in cloned but not updated code.  I
> really wish there was more information in the cover letter on what is
> going on here.  I'd like to try and reduce the arch_ code to, basically
> nothing.
> 
> I was also disappointed that I wasn't Cc'ed because I've spent a lot of
> time in this code and this area.  I am probably the last one to crawl
> through and change any of this.

Thanks, I removed this version of this series from mm-unstable.