linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mm: clean up redundant code

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Message-ID: <3840b612-bdad-4732-ace1-8416fe9012ae@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 10:22:14 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>, Feng Lee <379943137@...com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...nel.org, jgg@...pe.ca,
 jhubbard@...dia.com, peterx@...hat.com, maobibo@...ngson.cn,
 trivial@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lance.yang@...ux.dev,
 anshuman.khandual@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm: clean up redundant code

On 09.05.25 04:44, Barry Song wrote:
> On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM Feng Lee <379943137@...com> wrote:
>>
>> Remove pgd_offset_gate() completely and simply make the single
>> caller use pgd_offset()
> 
>   "."
> 
>>
>> It appears that the gate area resides in the kernel-mapped segment
>> exclusively on IA64. Therefore, removing pgd_offset_k is safe since
>> IA64 is now obsolete.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Feng Lee <379943137@...com>
>>
> 
> Better to rename the subject to be more specific, e.g.  "mm: remove
> obsolete  pgd_offset_gate()" or similar. Otherwise,

With that

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

Thanks!

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb