[ add Alex who is looking into removing PageReserved for DAX pages. ] On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 1:53 PM Barret Rhoden <brho@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This patch series depends on dax pages not being PageReserved. Once > that is in place, these changes will let KVM use huge pages with > dax-backed files. Without the PageReserved change, KVM and DAX still > work with these patches, simply without huge pages - which is the > current situation. > > RFC/discussion thread: > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181029210716.212159-1-brho@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > v1 -> v2: > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181109203921.178363-1-brho@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > - Updated Acks/Reviewed-by > - Minor touchups > - Added patch to remove redundant PageReserved() check > - Rebased onto linux-next > > > Barret Rhoden (3): > mm: make dev_pagemap_mapping_shift() externally visible > kvm: Use huge pages for DAX-backed files > kvm: remove redundant PageReserved() check > > arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > include/linux/mm.h | 3 +++ > mm/memory-failure.c | 38 +++----------------------------------- > mm/util.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 8 ++------ > 5 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.19.1.1215.g8438c0b245-goog >
