Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932407AbdCFTJu (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2017 14:09:50 -0500 Received: from mail-wm0-f67.google.com ([74.125.82.67]:33647 "EHLO mail-wm0-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753485AbdCFTJc (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Mar 2017 14:09:32 -0500 Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 22:09:11 +0300 From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Thomas Gleixner , "Kirill A. Shutemov" , Andrew Morton , the arch/x86 maintainers , Ingo Molnar , Arnd Bergmann , "H. Peter Anvin" , Andi Kleen , Dave Hansen , Andy Lutomirski , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , linux-mm , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 00/33] 5-level paging Message-ID: <20170306190911.GB27719@node.shutemov.name> References: <20170306135357.3124-1-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23.1 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 911 Lines: 24 On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 11:03:56AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > > We probably need to split it apart: > > > > - Apply the mm core only parts to a branch which can be pulled into > > Andrews mm-tree > > > > - Base the x86 changes on top of it > > I'll happily take some of the preparatory patches for 4.11 too. Some > of them just don't seem to have any downside. The cpuid stuff, and the > basic scaffolding we could easily merge early. That includes the dummy > 5level code, ie "5level-fixup.h" and even some of the mm side that > doesn't actually change anything and just prepares for the real code. The first 7 patches are relatively low-risk. It would be nice to have them in earlier. I'm commited to address any possible drawbacks quickly if you considering applying it into v4.11. -- Kirill A. Shutemov