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Dan Williams 033fbae988 mm: ZONE_DEVICE for "device memory"
While pmem is usable as a block device or via DAX mappings to userspace
there are several usage scenarios that can not target pmem due to its
lack of struct page coverage. In preparation for "hot plugging" pmem
into the vmemmap add ZONE_DEVICE as a new zone to tag these pages
separately from the ones that are subject to standard page allocations.
Importantly "device memory" can be removed at will by userspace
unbinding the driver of the device.

Having a separate zone prevents allocation and otherwise marks these
pages that are distinct from typical uniform memory.  Device memory has
different lifetime and performance characteristics than RAM.  However,
since we have run out of ZONES_SHIFT bits this functionality currently
depends on sacrificing ZONE_DMA.

Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Jerome Glisse <j.glisse@gmail.com>
[hch: various simplifications in the arch interface]
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2015-08-27 19:40:58 -04:00
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boot The libnvdimm sub-system introduces, in addition to the libnvdimm-core, 2015-06-29 10:34:42 -07:00
configs kconfig: add xenconfig defconfig helper 2015-06-16 11:04:29 +01:00
crypto crypto: aesni - fix failing setkey for rfc4106-gcm-aesni 2015-06-29 16:06:30 +08:00
entry x86/asm/entry/32: Revert 'Do not use R9 in SYSCALL32' commit 2015-07-24 16:36:00 +02:00
ia32 Merge branch 'x86-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-06-22 17:59:09 -07:00
include Merge branch 'pmem-api' into libnvdimm-for-next 2015-08-27 19:40:26 -04:00
kernel libnvdimm, e820: make CONFIG_X86_PMEM_LEGACY a tristate option 2015-08-19 00:34:34 -04:00
kvm KVM: x86: rename quirk constants to KVM_X86_QUIRK_* 2015-07-23 08:24:42 +02:00
lguest Merge branch 'x86-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-06-22 17:59:09 -07:00
lib perf/x86: Fix copy_from_user_nmi() return if range is not ok 2015-07-06 14:09:27 +02:00
math-emu x86/fpu: Harmonize FPU register state types 2015-05-19 15:48:09 +02:00
mm mm: ZONE_DEVICE for "device memory" 2015-08-27 19:40:58 -04:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2015-06-24 16:49:49 -07:00
oprofile x86/asm/entry: Change all 'user_mode_vm()' calls to 'user_mode()' 2015-03-23 11:14:17 +01:00
pci PCI changes for the v4.2 merge window: 2015-06-23 13:41:24 -07:00
platform Replace module_init with equivalent device_initcall in non modules. 2015-07-02 10:30:48 -07:00
power Merge branch 'x86-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-06-22 17:59:09 -07:00
purgatory
realmode Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-02-16 14:58:12 -08:00
tools
um Merge branch 'for-linus-4.2-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml 2015-06-28 13:55:08 -07:00
video
xen Merge branch 'x86-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-06-22 17:59:09 -07:00
.gitignore
Kbuild x86/asm/entry, x86/vdso: Move the vDSO code to arch/x86/entry/vdso/ 2015-06-03 18:51:37 +02:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'pmem-api' into libnvdimm-for-next 2015-08-27 19:40:26 -04:00
Kconfig.cpu
Kconfig.debug x86/entry/64, x86/nmi/64: Add CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY NMI testing code 2015-07-17 12:50:14 +02:00
Makefile x86/asm/entry: Move the arch/x86/syscalls/ definitions to arch/x86/entry/syscalls/ 2015-06-04 07:37:37 +02:00
Makefile_32.cpu
Makefile.um kbuild: use relative path more to include Makefile 2015-04-02 16:42:08 +02:00