Re: [PATCH v2 11/14] mm: Remove devmap related functions and page table bits

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Tue Jun 17 2025 - 05:37:03 EST


On 16.06.25 13:58, Alistair Popple wrote:
Now that DAX and all other reference counts to ZONE_DEVICE pages are
managed normally there is no need for the special devmap PTE/PMD/PUD
page table bits. So drop all references to these, freeing up a
software defined page table bit on architectures supporting it.

Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> # arm64
Suggested-by: Chunyan Zhang <zhang.lyra@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb