linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: ioremap: rename ioremap_page_range() to ioremap

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Date:   Mon, 6 Jun 2022 22:27:44 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, npiggin@...il.com, urezki@...il.com,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: ioremap: rename ioremap_page_range() to
 ioremap_range()

On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 04:39:09PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> Because the current ioremap_page_range() only maps IO address to kernel
> virtual address, no struct page pointer passed in or page handling related.
> So rename it here.
> 
> The renaming is done with below command:
> sed -i "s/ioremap_page_range/ioremap_range/g" `git grep -l ioremap_page_range`

This creates a lot of churn without much of a benefit.  If you want
to get rid of the name please convert most architectures to the
generioc ioremap code first so that all these callers go away..