linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64/mm: Move PTE_VALID from SW defined to HW page table entry definitions

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Date:   Mon, 3 Jun 2019 17:00:15 +0100
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Steve Capper <steve.capper@....com>,
        Suzuki Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64/mm: Move PTE_VALID from SW defined to HW page
 table entry definitions

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 09:36:27AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> PTE_VALID signifies that the last level page table entry is valid and it is
> MMU recognized while walking the page table. This is not a software defined
> PTE bit and should not be listed like one. Just move it to appropriate
> header file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> Cc: Steve Capper <steve.capper@....com>
> Cc: Suzuki Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@....com>

Queued for 5.3. Thanks.

-- 
Catalin