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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:25:48 -0700
From: Vishal Moola <vishal.moola@...il.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andreas Larsson <andreas@...sler.com>, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] mm: remove "prot" parameter from move_pte()

On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 03:33:01PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> The "prot" parameter is unused, and using it instead of what's stored in
> that particular PTE would very likely be wrong. Let's simply remove it.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Andreas Larsson <andreas@...sler.com>
> Cc: sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

Its interesting looking at how long this has been unused for.
Reviewed-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@...il.com>


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