linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] kill mk_pte

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Date:	Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:55:30 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <glommer@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] kill mk_pte_huge

It only has a single use, which can be trivially replaced.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <Jeremy.Fitzhardinge@...rix.com>

---
 arch/x86/mm/init_64.c        |    3 +--
 include/asm-x86/pgtable_64.h |    1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

===================================================================
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -770,8 +770,7 @@ int __meminit vmemmap_populate(struct pa
 			if (!p)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 
-			entry = pfn_pte(__pa(p) >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL);
-			mk_pte_huge(entry);
+			entry = pfn_pte(__pa(p) >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE);
 			set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(pte_val(entry)));
 
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG " [%lx-%lx] PMD ->%p on node %d\n",
===================================================================
--- a/include/asm-x86/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/pgtable_64.h
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ static inline int pmd_large(pmd_t pte) {
 
 /* page, protection -> pte */
 #define mk_pte(page, pgprot)	pfn_pte(page_to_pfn(page), (pgprot))
-#define mk_pte_huge(entry) (pte_val(entry) |= _PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PSE)
  
 /* Change flags of a PTE */
 static inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte, pgprot_t newprot)


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