Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] sparse_init rewrite

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Jul 09 2018 - 20:08:15 EST


On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 07:56:04 +0800 Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> On 07/09/18 at 02:29pm, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 13:53:09 -0400 Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > For the ease of review, I split this work so the first patch only adds new
> > > interfaces, the second patch enables them, and removes the old ones.
> >
> > This clashes pretty significantly with patches from Baoquan and Oscar:
> >
> > mm-sparse-make-sparse_init_one_section-void-and-remove-check.patch
> > mm-sparse-make-sparse_init_one_section-void-and-remove-check-fix.patch
> > mm-sparse-make-sparse_init_one_section-void-and-remove-check-fix-2.patch
> > mm-sparse-add-a-static-variable-nr_present_sections.patch
> > mm-sparsemem-defer-the-ms-section_mem_map-clearing.patch
> > mm-sparse-add-a-new-parameter-data_unit_size-for-alloc_usemap_and_memmap.patch
>
> > Is there duplication of intent here? Any thoughts on the
> > prioritization of these efforts?
>
> The final version of my patches was posted here:
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180628062857.29658-1-bhe@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Currently, only the first three patches are merged.
>
> mm-sparse-add-a-static-variable-nr_present_sections.patch
> mm-sparsemem-defer-the-ms-section_mem_map-clearing.patch
> mm-sparse-add-a-new-parameter-data_unit_size-for-alloc_usemap_and_memmap.patch
>
> They are preparation patches, and the 4th patch is the formal fix patch:
> [PATCH v6 4/5] mm/sparse: Optimize memmap allocation during sparse_init()
>
> The 5th patch is a clean up patch according to reviewer's suggestion:
> [PATCH v6 5/5] mm/sparse: Remove CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_ALLOC_MEM_MAP_TOGETHER
>
> I think Pavel's patches sits on top of all above five patches.

OK, thanks, I've just moved to the v6 series.