linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] x86/mm: Remove the unused mk_kernel

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Date:   Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:44:18 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] x86/mm: Remove the unused mk_kernel_pgd() #define

AFAICS the last uses of directly 'making' kernel PGDs was removed 7 years ago:

  8b78c21d72d9: ("x86, 64bit, mm: hibernate use generic mapping_init")

Where the explicit PGD walking loop was replaced with kernel_ident_mapping_init()
calls. This was then (unnecessarily) carried over through the 5-level paging conversion.

Also clean up the 'level' comments a bit, to convey the original, meanwhile somewhat
bit-rotten notion, that these are empty comment blocks with no methods to handle any
of the levels except the PTE level.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
index 1b68d24dc6a0..d2af8c48ba50 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
@@ -175,16 +175,13 @@ extern void sync_global_pgds(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
  * and a page entry and page directory to the page they refer to.
  */
 
-/*
- * Level 4 access.
- */
-#define mk_kernel_pgd(address) __pgd((address) | _KERNPG_TABLE)
+/* PGD - Level 4 access */
 
-/* PUD - Level3 access */
+/* PUD - Level 3 access */
 
-/* PMD  - Level 2 access */
+/* PMD - Level 2 access */
 
-/* PTE - Level 1 access. */
+/* PTE - Level 1 access */
 
 /*
  * Encode and de-code a swap entry
-- 
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