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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:23:46 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Boot-time switching between 4- and 5-level paging
 for 4.15, Part 1
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* Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 08:18:53AM +0000, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 11:27:54AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 05:08:15PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > > > > The first bunch of patches that prepare kernel to boot-time switching
> > > > > between paging modes.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Please review and consider applying.
> > > > 
> > > > Ping?
> > > 
> > > Ingo, is there anything I can do to get review easier for you?
> > 
> > Yeah, what is the conclusion on the sub-discussion of patch #2:
> > 
> >   [PATCH 2/6] mm/zsmalloc: Prepare to variable MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS
> > 
> > ... do we want to skip it entirely and use the other 5 patches?
> 
> Yes, please. MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS not variable yet in this part of the series.
> 
> And I will post some version the patch in the next part, if it will be
> required.

Could we add TRULY_MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS (with a better name), to be used in places 
where memory footprint is not a big concern?

Or, could we keep MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS constant, and introduce a _different_ constant 
that is dynamic, and which could be used in the cases where the 5-level paging 
config causes too much memory footprint in the common 4-level paging case?

Thanks,

	Ingo