linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] include: asm-generic: page.h: Remove useless get_user_page and free_user

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Message-ID: <564D68CA.6010708@synopsys.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:44:34 +0530
From:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
To:	Chen Gang <xili_gchen_5257@...mail.com>,
	"dhowells@...hat.com" <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	"linux@....linux.org.uk" <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"geert@...ux-m68k.org" <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	"gerg@...inux.org" <gerg@...inux.org>,
	"jonas@...thpole.se" <jonas@...thpole.se>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"abrodkin@...opsys.com" <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel mailing list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org" <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
	<linux@...ts.openrisc.net>,
	"linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] include: asm-generic: page.h: Remove useless
 get_user_page and free_user_page

On Thursday 19 November 2015 01:10 AM, Chen Gang wrote:
> From ba7c00c4cb976109b6a35812ce9649aaeda81e2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 03:24:42 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] include: asm-generic: page.h: Remove useless get_user_page and free_user_page
> 
> They are not symmetric with each other, neither are used in real world
> (can not be found by grep command in source code root directory), so
> remove them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/arc/include/asm/page.h       | 3 ---
>  arch/arm/include/asm/page-nommu.h | 3 ---
>  arch/frv/include/asm/page.h       | 3 ---
>  arch/m68k/include/asm/page_mm.h   | 3 ---
>  arch/m68k/include/asm/page_no.h   | 3 ---
>  arch/openrisc/include/asm/page.h  | 3 ---
>  include/asm-generic/page.h        | 3 ---
>  7 files changed, 21 deletions(-)

So this is one huge patch touching several arches with potential to cause
conflicts when merged. Can u divy them up and then the maintainers can simply
merge them individually given there is no common dependency !
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