linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] powerpc: Define empty_zero

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Message-Id: <162398829697.1363949.8863181598389195121.b4-ty@ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:51:36 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] powerpc: Define empty_zero_page[] in C

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 10:56:04 +0000 (UTC), Christophe Leroy wrote:
> At the time being, empty_zero_page[] is defined in each
> platform head.S.
> 
> Define it in mm/mem.c instead, and put it in BSS section instead
> of the DATA section. Commit 5227cfa71f9e ("arm64: mm: place
> empty_zero_page in bss") explains why it is interesting to have
> it in BSS.

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/3] powerpc: Define empty_zero_page[] in C
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/45b30fafe528601f1a4449c9d68d8ebe7bbc39ad
[2/3] powerpc: Define swapper_pg_dir[] in C
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/e72421a085a8dc81c71b0daeb89612279c2c621c
[3/3] powerpc/32s: Rename PTE_SIZE to PTE_T_SIZE
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/91e9ee7e949bff08cc3845a4811185e826b6e2f1

cheers