linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 07/19] sparc: mm: Add p?d

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Date:   Wed, 06 Mar 2019 11:02:23 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     steven.price@....com
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        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 07/19] sparc: mm: Add p?d_large() definitions

From: Steven Price <steven.price@....com>
Date: Wed,  6 Mar 2019 15:50:19 +0000

> walk_page_range() is going to be allowed to walk page tables other than
> those of user space. For this it needs to know when it has reached a
> 'leaf' entry in the page tables. This information is provided by the
> p?d_large() functions/macros.
> 
> For sparc 64 bit, pmd_large() and pud_large() are already provided, so
> add #defines to prevent the generic versions (added in a later patch)
> from being used.
> 
> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> CC: sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@....com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>