linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm/thp: Rename pmd_mknotpresent() as pmd

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Date:   Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:12:35 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
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        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm/thp: Rename pmd_mknotpresent() as pmd_mknotvalid()



On 03/20/2020 10:24 AM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> This series renames pmd_mknotpresent() as pmd_mknotvalid(). Before that it
> drops an existing pmd_mknotpresent() definition from powerpc platform which
> was never required as it defines it's pmdp_invalidate() through subscribing
> __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_INVALIDATE. This does not create any functional change.
> 
> This rename was suggested by Catalin during a previous discussion while we
> were trying to change the THP helpers on arm64 platform for migration.
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11019637/
> 
> This series is based on v5.6-rc6.
> 
> Boot tested on arm64 and x86 platforms.
> Built tested on many other platforms including the ones changed here.

Gentle ping, any updates regarding this ?