linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] powerpc/32: refactor pmd_offset(pud_offset(pgd

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Date:   Fri,  6 Mar 2020 11:27:33 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] powerpc/32: refactor pmd_offset(pud_offset(pgd_offset...

On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 08:25:25 UTC, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> At several places pmd pointer is retrieved through the same action:
> 
> 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud_offset(pgd_offset(mm, addr), addr), addr);
> 
> or
> 
> 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud_offset(pgd_offset_k(addr), addr), addr);
> 
> Refactor this by implementing two helpers pmd_ptr() and pmd_ptr_k()
> 
> This will help when adding the p4d level.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>

Series applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/0b1c524caaae2428b20e714297243e5551251eb5

cheers