On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 05:57:21PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote: > On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 10:46:07AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 04:05:13PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 03:01:04PM +0100, Robin Murphy wrote: > > > > FWIW I was pondering the question of whether to do something along those > > > > lines or just scrap the default assignment entirely, so since I hadn't got > > > > round to saying that I've gone ahead and hacked up the alternative > > > > (similarly untested) for comparison :) > > > > > > > > TBH I'm still not sure which one I prefer... > > > > > > Claire did implement something like your suggestion originally, but > > > I don't really like it as it doesn't scale for adding multiple global > > > pools, e.g. for the 64-bit addressable one for the various encrypted > > > secure guest schemes. > > > > Couple of things: > > - I am not pushing to Linus the Claire's patchset until we have a > > resolution on this. I hope you all agree that is a sensible way > > forward as much as I hate doing that. > > Sure, it's a pity but we could clearly use a bit more time to get these > just right and we've run out of time for 5.14. > > I think the main question I have is how would you like to see patches for > 5.15? i.e. as patches on top of devel/for-linus-5.14 or something else? Yes that would be perfect. If there are any dependencies on the rc1, I can rebase it on top of that. > > Cheers, > > Will
