[PATCH 2/3] mm: replace __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SPECIAL

Laurent Dufour ldufour at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Apr 10 08:10:52 PDT 2018


On 09/04/2018 22:08, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2018, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
>>> -#ifdef __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SPECIAL
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
>>>  # define HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL 1
>>>  #else
>>>  # define HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL 0
>>
>> I'd say kill this odd indirection and just use the
>> CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL symbol directly.
>>
>>
> 
> Agree, and I think it would be easier to audit/review if patches 1 and 3 
> were folded together to see the relationship between the newly added 
> selects and what #define's it is replacing.  Otherwise, looks good!
>

Ok I will fold the 3 patches and introduce a new one removing HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL.

Thanks,
Laurent.




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