linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] m68k: mm: Convert free_pointer

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdWg6peQCvAbc9pDpwbWaihFgmLXqP_8wCJj0LqM2Aox3Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:39:17 +0200
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@...il.com>
Cc: linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] m68k: mm: Convert free_pointer_table() to use ptdescs

On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 at 02:13, Vishal Moola (Oracle)
<vishal.moola@...il.com> wrote:
> Motorola uses free_pointer_table() for page tables, so it should be using
> struct ptdesc, not struct page.
>
> This helps us prepare to allocate ptdescs as their own memory
> descriptor, and prepares to remove a user of page->lru.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
i.e. will queue in the m68k tree for v6.17.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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