Re: [PATCH 10/17] prmem: documentation

From: Nadav Amit
Date: Thu Nov 01 2018 - 12:32:11 EST


From: Peter Zijlstra
Sent: October 31, 2018 at 9:08:35 AM GMT
> To: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/17] prmem: documentation
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 04:18:39PM -0700, Nadav Amit wrote:
>>> Nadav, want to resubmit your series? IIRC the only thing wrong with it was
>>> that it was a big change and we wanted a simpler fix to backport. But
>>> thatâs all done now, and I, at least, rather liked your code. :)
>>
>> I guess since it was based on your ideasâ
>>
>> Anyhow, the only open issue that I have with v2 is Peterâs wish that I would
>> make kgdb use of poke_text() less disgusting. I still donât know exactly
>> how to deal with it.
>>
>> Perhaps it (fixing kgdb) can be postponed? In that case I can just resend
>> v2.
>
> Oh man, I completely forgot about kgdb :/
>
> Also, would it be possible to entirely remove that kmap fallback path?

Let me see what I can do about it.