linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm v2 10/11] mm: remove ARM arch_get_unmapped

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Date:	Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:50:07 +0200
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, aarcange@...hat.com,
	peterz@...radead.org, minchan@...il.com, kosaki.motohiro@...il.com,
	andi@...stfloor.org, mel@....ul.ie, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm v2 10/11] mm: remove ARM arch_get_unmapped_area
 functions

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:27:56PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 05:57:14PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > Remove the ARM special variants of arch_get_unmapped_area since the
> > generic functions should now be able to handle everything.
> > 
> > ARM only needs page colouring if cache_is_vipt_aliasing; leave
> > shm_align_mask at PAGE_SIZE-1 unless we need colouring.
> > 
> > Untested because I have no ARM hardware.
> 
> And I'll need other bits of the patch set to be able to test this for you...

I also prefer getting 10 mails to make sense of that one change in a
series over getting that one without context.  Subjects are usually
obvious enough to quickly find out which stuff was meant for you.
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