linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86: clean up asm-x86/page*.h

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Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:10:02 -0800
From:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <glommer@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86: clean up asm-x86/page*.h

On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 00:12 -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Unify common definitions in page*.h.  To simplify other code, I added
> typedefs for the value of pte/pmd/pud/pgd values, so they can be used
> symbolically elsewhere without needing to have lots of 32/64/PAE
> tests.
> 
> Also, add PAGETABLE_LEVELS define so that other definitions can test
> for it directly rather than using indirect 32/64/PAE tests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <Jeremy.Fitzhardinge@...rix.com>

I've been looking at unifying pageattr_32|64.c, if you're headed there
soon I'll look elsewhere, otherwise I'll build on top of this work.

Harvey

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