linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] s390/pgtable: switch read and write softbits for puds

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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:50:21 +0200
From: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        gor@...ux.ibm.com, agordeev@...ux.ibm.com, svens@...ux.ibm.com,
        gerald.schaefer@...ux.ibm.com, borntraeger@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] s390/pgtable: switch read and write softbits for
 puds

On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 03:05:54PM +0200, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:
> There is no reason for the read and write softbits to be swapped in the
> puds compared to pmds. They are different only because the softbits for
> puds were introduced at the same time when the softbits for pmds were
> swapped.
> 
> The current implementation is not wrong per se, since the macros are
> defined correctly; only the documentation does not reflect reality.
> 
> With this patch, the read and write softbits for large pmd and large
> puds will have the same layout, and will match the existing
> documentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>