linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: add support for folded p4d page tables

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Date:   Tue, 7 Jan 2020 12:12:15 +0100
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: add support for folded p4d page tables



Le 05/01/2020 à 08:02, Mike Rapoport a écrit :
> On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 05:42:31PM +0100, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> a écrit :
>>
>>> Any updates on this?
>>
>> Checkpatch reported several points, see
>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1206344/
> 
> Well, for the most part checkpatch is unhappy because I've tried to keep
> the changes consistent with the old code. And, there are some lines over 90
> characters that do no seem worth breaking.
> 

Yes I see, many places we have stuff like:

pmd = pmd_offset(pud_offset(pgd_offset(mm, start), start), start);

I sent a patch to refactor that. This should help fixing that long line 
issue and reducing the number of lines impacted by your patch.

Christophe