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

From	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 2/2] shmem: call __thp_get_unmapped_area to alloc a pmd-aligned addr
Date	2016-09-12 12:10 +0200
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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 <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>

Looks good to me. Thanks.

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov

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[PATCH 2/2] shmem: call __thp_get_unmapped_area to alloc a pmd-aligned addr Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2016-09-10 00:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/2] shmem: call __thp_get_unmapped_area to alloc a  pmd-aligned addr "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2016-09-12 12:10 +0200

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