Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 4 authors, 2016-09-23

Re: [PATCH 2/2] shmem: call __thp_get_unmapped_area to alloc a pmd-aligned addr

From: Kirill A. Shutemov <hidden>
Date: 2016-09-12 10:02:45
Also in: lkml, nvdimm

On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 04:24:23PM -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
shmem_get_unmapped_area() provides a functionality similar
to __thp_get_unmapped_area() as both allocate a pmd-aligned
address.

Change shmem_get_unmapped_area() to do shm-specific checks
and then call __thp_get_unmapped_area() for allocating
a pmd-aligned address.

link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/29/620
Suggested-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <redacted>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <redacted>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <redacted>
Cc: Dan Williams <redacted>
Looks good to me. Thanks.

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <redacted>

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 Kirill A. Shutemov

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