linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] x86/mm: remove pgd

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Message-ID: <Z-vyGtcrU9Y3n9it@localhost.localdomain>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 16:03:06 +0200
From: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
To: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yanjun.zhu@...ux.dev, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] x86/mm: remove pgd_leaf definition in arch

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 04:13:25PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> pgd huge page is not supported yet, let's use the generic definition
> in linux/pgtable.h.
> 
> And also update the BUILD_BUG_ON() checking for pgd_leaf() in
> pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d() because pgd_leaf() returns boolean value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
> Cc: x86@...nel.org

I have been carrying a sort of this patch in my tree as well for quite
some time now, and I think that Christophe also sent it some time ago,
so glad someone finally pushed it

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mm/patch/20240704043132.28501-2-osalvador@suse.de/

Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>


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Oscar Salvador
SUSE Labs