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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 00/19] mm: Add __GFP_UNMAPPED
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 17:38:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5d22bf8810fc18c326e1b12c90994a72f74916a7.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260225-page_alloc-unmapped-v1-0-e8808a03cd66@google.com>
On Wed, 2026-02-25 at 16:34 +0000, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> __GFP_UNMAPPED
Haven't looked at this in detail, but there was some previous work that even
used the same flag name. In the end, the discussion leaned towards a dedicated
API instead of a flag. Not saying the flag approach is dead, but might useful to
explain how it fits in with that discussion.
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230308094106.227365-1-rppt@kernel.org/
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-06 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-25 16:34 Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 01/19] x86/mm: split out preallocate_sub_pgd() Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 02/19] x86/mm: Generalize LDT remap into "mm-local region" Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 03/19] x86/tlb: Expose some flush function declarations to modules Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 04/19] x86/mm: introduce the mermap Brendan Jackman
2026-02-27 10:47 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 05/19] mm: KUnit tests for " Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 06/19] mm: introduce for_each_free_list() Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 07/19] mm/page_alloc: don't overload migratetype in find_suitable_fallback() Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 08/19] mm: introduce freetype_t Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 09/19] mm: move migratetype definitions to freetype.h Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 10/19] mm: add definitions for allocating unmapped pages Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 11/19] mm: rejig pageblock mask definitions Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 12/19] mm: encode freetype flags in pageblock flags Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 13/19] mm/page_alloc: remove ifdefs from pindex helpers Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 14/19] mm/page_alloc: separate pcplists by freetype flags Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 15/19] mm/page_alloc: rename ALLOC_NON_BLOCK back to _HARDER Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 16/19] mm/page_alloc: introduce ALLOC_NOBLOCK Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 17/19] mm/page_alloc: implement __GFP_UNMAPPED allocations Brendan Jackman
2026-02-27 10:56 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 18/19] mm/page_alloc: implement __GFP_UNMAPPED|__GFP_ZERO allocations Brendan Jackman
2026-02-27 11:04 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-02-25 16:34 ` [PATCH RFC 19/19] mm: Minimal KUnit tests for some new page_alloc logic Brendan Jackman
2026-03-02 15:36 ` [PATCH RFC 00/19] mm: Add __GFP_UNMAPPED Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-05 11:16 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-03-06 14:41 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-03-05 14:51 ` Kevin Brodsky
2026-03-05 15:58 ` Brendan Jackman
2026-03-06 12:31 ` Kevin Brodsky
2026-03-06 18:17 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-03-06 17:38 ` Edgecombe, Rick P [this message]
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