linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 20/25] powerpc32: Remove clear_pages() and define clear

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Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:23:03 -0500
From:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
To:	Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
CC:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 20/25] powerpc32: Remove clear_pages() and define
 clear_page() inline

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 06:51:09PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> clear_pages() is never used, and PPC32 is the only architecture
> (still) having this function. Neither PPC64 nor any other
> architecture has it.

It is used, by clear_page().

> This patch removes clear_page() and move clear_page() function
> inline (same as PPC64) as it only is a few isns

It removes clear_pages(), not clear_page().

-Scott
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