Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Mar 2017 22:09:11 +0300 | From | "Kirill A. Shutemov" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging |
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On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 11:03:56AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: > > > > We probably need to split it apart: > > > > - Apply the mm core only parts to a branch which can be pulled into > > Andrews mm-tree > > > > - Base the x86 changes on top of it > > I'll happily take some of the preparatory patches for 4.11 too. Some > of them just don't seem to have any downside. The cpuid stuff, and the > basic scaffolding we could easily merge early. That includes the dummy > 5level code, ie "5level-fixup.h" and even some of the mm side that > doesn't actually change anything and just prepares for the real code.
The first 7 patches are relatively low-risk. It would be nice to have them in earlier.
I'm commited to address any possible drawbacks quickly if you considering applying it into v4.11.
-- Kirill A. Shutemov
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