linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/32: Don't use a struct based type for pte

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Date:   Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:11:53 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/32: Don't use a struct based type for pte_t

On Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:57:31 +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Long time ago we had a config item called STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS
> to build the kernel with pte_t defined as a structure in order
> to perform additional build checks or build it with pte_t
> defined as a simple type in order to get simpler generated code.
> 
> Commit 670eea924198 ("powerpc/mm: Always use STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS")
> made the struct based definition the only one, considering that the
> generated code was similar in both cases.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc/32: Don't use a struct based type for pte_t
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/c7d19189d7241e135cd2e450a7fbc77cb7bd40ee

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