linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: cleanup pfn_t usage in track_pfn

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Date:   Tue, 6 Sep 2016 13:20:01 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-nvdimm@...1.01.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: cleanup pfn_t usage in track_pfn_insert()

On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:49:47 -0700 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:

> Now that track_pfn_insert() is no longer used in the DAX path, it no
> longer needs to comprehend pfn_t values.

What's the benefit in this?  A pfn *should* have type pfn_t, shouldn't
it?   Confused.