Re: [RESEND2 PATCH 1/3] memremap: add MEMREMAP_WC flag

2016-02-17 Thread Andrew Morton
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:53:48 + Brian Starkey wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Would you pick these up if I rebase onto linux-next? Sure. > How strongly do you feel about the input argument modification vs. > staying in-line with the rest of the function? I see no reason why memremap() is modifying

Re: [RESEND2 PATCH 1/3] memremap: add MEMREMAP_WC flag

2016-02-17 Thread Brian Starkey
Hi Andrew, Would you pick these up if I rebase onto linux-next? How strongly do you feel about the input argument modification vs. staying in-line with the rest of the function? Thanks, Brian On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 10:23:00AM +, Brian Starkey wrote: Hi Andrew, Thanks for taking a look,

Re: [RESEND2 PATCH 1/3] memremap: add MEMREMAP_WC flag

2016-02-17 Thread Brian Starkey
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 04:43:51PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:14:26AM +, Brian Starkey wrote: Hi Greg, Is the documentation OK? Is there any chance of you picking up this series? I can rebase onto -next if that's the right place, but they still apply on 4.5

Re: [RESEND2 PATCH 1/3] memremap: add MEMREMAP_WC flag

2016-02-16 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:14:26AM +, Brian Starkey wrote: > Hi Greg, > > Is the documentation OK? Is there any chance of you picking up this > series? > > I can rebase onto -next if that's the right place, but they still apply > on 4.5-rc4 and fix a panic, so I thought perhaps they could mak

Re: [RESEND2 PATCH 1/3] memremap: add MEMREMAP_WC flag

2016-02-16 Thread Brian Starkey
Hi Greg, Is the documentation OK? Is there any chance of you picking up this series? I can rebase onto -next if that's the right place, but they still apply on 4.5-rc4 and fix a panic, so I thought perhaps they could make 4.5. Thanks, Brian On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 09:15:02AM +, Brian Stark

Re: [RESEND2 PATCH 1/3] memremap: add MEMREMAP_WC flag

2016-02-09 Thread Brian Starkey
Hi Andrew, Thanks for taking a look, On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 12:03:17PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 17:30:50 + Brian Starkey wrote: The patch generally looks OK to me. It generates rejects against linux-next because of some janitorial changes in memremap.c. Ah yeah,

Re: [RESEND2 PATCH 1/3] memremap: add MEMREMAP_WC flag

2016-02-09 Thread Brian Starkey
Hi Greg, On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 10:30:06AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 05:30:50PM +, Brian Starkey wrote: diff --git a/include/linux/io.h b/include/linux/io.h index 32403b5..e2c8419 100644 --- a/include/linux/io.h +++ b/include/linux/io.h @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ enum {

Re: [RESEND2 PATCH 1/3] memremap: add MEMREMAP_WC flag

2016-02-08 Thread Andrew Morton
On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 17:30:50 + Brian Starkey wrote: > Add a flag to memremap() for writecombine mappings. Mappings satisfied > by this flag will not be cached, however writes may be delayed or > combined into more efficient bursts. This is most suitable for > buffers written sequentially by t

Re: [RESEND2 PATCH 1/3] memremap: add MEMREMAP_WC flag

2016-02-08 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 05:30:50PM +, Brian Starkey wrote: > Add a flag to memremap() for writecombine mappings. Mappings satisfied > by this flag will not be cached, however writes may be delayed or > combined into more efficient bursts. This is most suitable for > buffers written sequentially