Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH V3] mm/page_alloc: Add alloc_contig_pages() | From | John Hubbard <> | Date | Thu, 17 Oct 2019 22:03:31 -0700 |
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On 10/17/19 8:28 PM, Anshuman Khandual wrote: > On 10/18/2019 02:44 AM, John Hubbard wrote: >> On 10/17/19 1:24 AM, Anshuman Khandual wrote: ... > Yeah, it is bit non-trivial because v5 of the pgtable tests are still > on the latest linux-next (20191015 or 20191017). You will need to > revert the following patches. > > 1. mm/hugetlb: make alloc_gigantic_page() available for general use > 2. mm/debug: add tests validating architecture page table helpers > 3. mm-debug-add-tests-validating-architecture-page-table-helpers-fix > > and apply the following patch (https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11190213/) > > 1. hugetlbfs: don't access uninitialized memmaps in pfn_range_valid_gigantic() > > After which this particular patch here will apply cleanly. Hope this helps. >
Yes, that helps, I wouldn't have worked that out on my own. :)
I'm not sure if I'll have anything to add, but I do want to take a peek, so I can try to keep up with how huge pages are evolving.
thanks,
John Hubbard NVIDIA
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