linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 29/39] thp: move maybe_pmd_mkwrite() out of mk_huge

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Message-ID: <519C01EC.5060909@sr71.net>
Date:	Tue, 21 May 2013 16:23:24 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 29/39] thp: move maybe_pmd_mkwrite() out of mk_huge_pmd()

On 05/11/2013 06:23 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> It's confusing that mk_huge_pmd() has sematics different from mk_pte()
> or mk_pmd().
> 
> Let's move maybe_pmd_mkwrite() out of mk_huge_pmd() and adjust
> prototype to match mk_pte().

Oh, and please stick this in your queue of stuff to go upstream, first.

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