linux-kernel - [PATCH] ARC, thp: remove infrastructure for handling splitting PMDs

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Date:	Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:11:01 +0530
From:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ARC, thp: remove infrastructure for handling splitting PMDs

With THP refcounting work, no need to mark PMDs splitting.

(ARC got missed under the sweeping arch change as THP support was likely
not present in orig baseline)

Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>
---
 arch/arc/include/asm/hugepage.h | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/hugepage.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/hugepage.h
index c5094de86403..7afe3356b770 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/hugepage.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/hugepage.h
@@ -30,19 +30,16 @@ static inline pmd_t pte_pmd(pte_t pte)
 #define pmd_mkyoung(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkyoung(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkhuge(pmd)		pte_pmd(pte_mkhuge(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mknotpresent(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mknotpresent(pmd_pte(pmd)))
-#define pmd_mksplitting(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkspecial(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkclean(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkclean(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 
 #define pmd_write(pmd)		pte_write(pmd_pte(pmd))
 #define pmd_young(pmd)		pte_young(pmd_pte(pmd))
 #define pmd_pfn(pmd)		pte_pfn(pmd_pte(pmd))
 #define pmd_dirty(pmd)		pte_dirty(pmd_pte(pmd))
-#define pmd_special(pmd)	pte_special(pmd_pte(pmd))
 
 #define mk_pmd(page, prot)	pte_pmd(mk_pte(page, prot))
 
 #define pmd_trans_huge(pmd)	(pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_HW_SZ)
-#define pmd_trans_splitting(pmd)	(pmd_trans_huge(pmd) && pmd_special(pmd))
 
 #define pfn_pmd(pfn, prot)	(__pmd(((pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT) | pgprot_val(prot)))
 
-- 
2.5.0