linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/pgtable: define pte_index so that preprocessor could recognize it

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Date:   Tue, 11 Jan 2022 16:20:34 +0100
From:   Christian Dietrich <christian.dietrich@...h.de>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/pgtable: define pte_index so that preprocessor could
 recognize it

Hello Mike!

Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org> [11. Januar 2022]:

> diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
> index e24d2c992b11..d468efcf48f4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
> @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static inline unsigned long pte_index(unsigned long address)
>  {
>  	return (address >> PAGE_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_PTE - 1);
>  }
> +#define pte_index pte_index

Wouldn't it make sense to remove the dead CPP blocks (#ifdef pte_index)
from mm/memory.c? Or is there a case were pte_index is not defined for
an architecture?

chris
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