linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] move __HAVE_ARCH_PTE

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Date:   Mon, 9 Apr 2018 10:53:56 -0400
From:   Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] move __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SPECIAL in Kconfig

On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 04:07:21PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Mon 09-04-18 15:57:06, Laurent Dufour wrote:
> > The per architecture __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SPECIAL is defined statically in the
> > per architecture header files. This doesn't allow to make other
> > configuration dependent on it.
> > 
> > This series is moving the __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SPECIAL into the Kconfig files,
> > setting it automatically when architectures was already setting it in
> > header file.
> > 
> > There is no functional change introduced by this series.
> 
> I would just fold all three patches into a single one. It is much easier
> to review that those selects are done properly when you can see that the
> define is set for the same architecture.
> 
> In general, I like the patch. It is always quite painful to track per
> arch defines.

You can also add Reviewed-by: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat> my grep fu
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