linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 03/42] mm: Make pte

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:20:27 +0000
From:   "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 03/42] mm: Make pte_mkwrite() take a VMA

On Tue, 2023-06-13 at 10:42 +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > In a previous patches, pte_mkwrite() was renamed
> > pte_mkwrite_novma() and
> > callers that don't have a VMA were changed to use
> > pte_mkwrite_novma(). So
> 
> Maybe
> This is the third step so pte_mkwrite() was renamed to
> pte_mkwrite_novma()
> and ...

Hmm, yea.

> 
> > now change pte_mkwrite() to take a VMA and change the remaining
> > callers to
> > pass a VMA. Apply the same changes for pmd_mkwrite().
> > 
> > No functional change.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@...nel.org>

Thanks!