[PATCH -next v5 1/5] mm: page_table_check: using PxD_SIZE instead of PxD_PAGE_SIZE

[Anshuman Khandual]

On 4/22/22 00:10, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
> On 4/21/22 11:28, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 4:02 AM Tong Tiangen <tongtiangen at huawei.com> wrote:
>>> Macro PUD_SIZE/PMD_SIZE is more general in various architectures. Using
>>> PUD_SIZE/PMD_SIZE instead of PUD_PAGE_SIZE/PMD_PAGE_SIZE can better
>>> support page table check in architectures other than x86 and it is no
>>> functional impact on x86.
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual at arm.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tong Tiangen <tongtiangen at huawei.com>
>> Acked-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com>
> 
> To avoid similar problems in the future, please also include the following patch after the current series:
> 
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>>From cccef7ba2433f8e97d1948f85e3bfb2ef5d32a0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com>
> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:04:43 +0000
> Subject: [PATCH] x86: removed P*D_PAGE_MASK and P*D_PAGE_SIZE
> 
> Other architectures and the common mm/ use P*D_MASK, and P*D_SIZE.
> Remove the duplicated P*D_PAGE_MASK and P*D_PAGE_SIZE which are only
> used in x86/*.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com>

Absolutely, helps in minimizing arch specific stuff wrt to page table mapping.