Re: [PATCH mm-unstable v7 00/31] Split ptdesc from struct page

2023-07-24 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Mon, 24 Jul 2023, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote: > The MM subsystem is trying to shrink struct page. This patchset > introduces a memory descriptor for page table tracking - struct ptdesc. > > This patchset introduces ptdesc, splits ptdesc from struct page, and > converts many callers of page

Re: [PATCH v6 00/33] Split ptdesc from struct page

2023-06-27 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Tue, 27 Jun 2023, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 09:44:08PM -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Jun 2023, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote: > > > > > The MM subsystem is trying to shrink struct page. This patchset > > > introduces a memory d

Re: [PATCH v6 00/33] Split ptdesc from struct page

2023-06-27 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Tue, 27 Jun 2023, David Hildenbrand wrote: > On 27.06.23 06:44, Hugh Dickins wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Jun 2023, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote: > > > >> The MM subsystem is trying to shrink struct page. This patchset > >> introduces a memory descriptor for pa

Re: [PATCH v6 00/33] Split ptdesc from struct page

2023-06-26 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Mon, 26 Jun 2023, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote: > The MM subsystem is trying to shrink struct page. This patchset > introduces a memory descriptor for page table tracking - struct ptdesc. ... > 39 files changed, 686 insertions(+), 455 deletions(-) I don't see the point of this patchset: to me

Re: [PATCH v4 04/34] pgtable: Create struct ptdesc

2023-06-15 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Mon, 12 Jun 2023, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote: > Currently, page table information is stored within struct page. As part > of simplifying struct page, create struct ptdesc for page table > information. > > Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) Vishal, as I think you have already guessed,