linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64/mm: Rename ARM64_SWAPPER_USES_SECTION

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Message-ID: <20210618082344.GA16116@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:23:44 +0100
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64/mm: Rename ARM64_SWAPPER_USES_SECTION_MAPS

On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 10:17:02AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> ARM64_SWAPPER_USES_SECTION_MAPS implies that a PMD level huge page mappings
> are used for swapper, idmap and vmemmap. Lets make it PMD explicit removing
> any possible confusion with generic memory sections and also bit generic as
> it's applicable for idmap and vmemmap mappings as well. Hence rename it as
> ARM64_KERNEL_USES_PMD_MAPS instead.
> 
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>

With the removal of "section" naming in another patch, I think this
makes sense.

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>