linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] x86: pgtable: Drop pXd_none() checks from pXd_free_pYd

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Date:   Tue, 2 Oct 2018 13:30:57 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        cpandya@...eaurora.org, toshi.kani@....com, mhocko@...e.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, sean.j.christopherson@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] x86: pgtable: Drop pXd_none() checks from
 pXd_free_pYd_table()

On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, Will Deacon wrote:

Subject prefix wants to be 'x86/pgtable:' please

> Now that the core code checks this for us, we don't need to do it in the
> backend.

According to Documentation changelogs want to be written in imperative
mood.

  The core code has a check for pXd_none() already. Remove it in the
  architecture implementation.

Or something like that.

> Cc: Chintan Pandya <cpandya@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Reviewed-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>

Other than the nits above:

  Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>