linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64/mm: Drop [PTE|PMD]_TYPE

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Message-ID: <20190626102129.GB1161@arrakis.emea.arm.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:21:29 +0100
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Steve Capper <steve.capper@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64/mm: Drop [PTE|PMD]_TYPE_FAULT

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 02:06:10PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> This was added part of the original commit which added MMU definitions.
> 
> commit 4f04d8f00545 ("arm64: MMU definitions").
> 
> These symbols never got used as confirmed from a git log search.
> 
> git log -p arch/arm64/ | grep PTE_TYPE_FAULT
> git log -p arch/arm64/ | grep PMD_TYPE_FAULT
> 
> These probably meant to identify non present entries which can now be
> achieved with PMD_SECT_VALID or PTE_VALID bits. Hence just drop these
> unused symbols which are not required anymore.
> 
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> Cc: Steve Capper <steve.capper@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>

Thanks. Queued for 5.3.

-- 
Catalin