linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 00/14] set_memory

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Date:   Thu, 2 Mar 2017 08:34:26 +0100
From:   Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:     Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Cc:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 00/14] set_memory_* functions header refactor

On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 04:14:52PM -0800, Laura Abbott wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is v2 of my proposal to move set_memory_* function prototypes out of
> cacheflush.h and into their own header file. This came out of a comment
> Russell made while reviewing RODATA test cases
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2017-January/480855.html
> While the final result of that series was the rodata code was refactored into
> its own header file, the set_memory_* APIs are still out of place.
> 
> This version refactored the common set_memory_* functions into an asm-generic
> header. s390x added some features so it can't just use the asm-generic header.
> I debated how much more to try and shove into the asm-generic version (e.g.
> stub prototypes for the ARM nommu case, set_kernel_text_*) but decided to stick
> with just the basics for this version.
> 
> I split out the cacheflush.h -> set_memory.h conversions into separate patches
> to hopefully make merging easier. Worst case, the final patch to completely
> separate the two can be delayed if there are more problems found. I'd like
> for this to eventually go through the -mm tree so I'd like Acks where
> appropriate.
> 
> As always, feedback appreciated.

For the s390 bits:
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>