linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/RFT PATCH 6/6] ACPI / APEI: Remove arch_apei_flush_tlb

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Message-ID: <20171101135037.zwyzcpcyucqzjjme@pd.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 1 Nov 2017 14:50:37 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     James Morse <james.morse@....com>
Cc:     linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Tyler Baicar <tbaicar@...eaurora.org>,
        Dongjiu Geng <gengdongjiu@...wei.com>,
        Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@...wei.com>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/RFT PATCH 6/6] ACPI / APEI: Remove arch_apei_flush_tlb_one()

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 03:38:32PM +0000, James Morse wrote:
> Nothing calls arch_apei_flush_tlb_one() anymore, instead relying on
> __set_pte_vaddr() to do the invalidation when called from clear_fixmap()
> Remove arch_apei_flush_tlb_one().
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/acpi/apei.c | 5 -----
>  include/acpi/apei.h         | 1 -
>  2 files changed, 6 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

Very nice cleanup. Thanks for doing this!

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    Boris.

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