Re: [PATCH RFC 01/11] mm: introduce hw_pte_t for PTE table storage
From: Anshuman Khandual <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-31 06:59:45
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On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 08:53:46AM +0200, Jürgen Groß wrote:
On 31.07.26 07:49, Anshuman Khandual wrote:quoted
On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 05:46:52PM +0100, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:quoted
pte_t is used both for logical PTE values and for entries stored in a PTE table, so pte_t * does not distinguish a pointer to a copied value from a pointer to table storage.Should we rather call them as "Linux PTE" and "HW PTE" instead ?What about "SW PTE"?
Both Linux PTE or SW PTE would be better than current Logical PTE description.