linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] arm64/mm: Rename try_pgd_pgtable_alloc_init

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Message-ID: <b7e2ff40-c84b-4da2-b397-2b186b658f2b@arm.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:37:04 +0530
From: Dev Jain <dev.jain@....com>
To: Linu Cherian <linu.cherian@....com>,
 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
 Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@....com>,
 Zhenhua Huang <quic_zhenhuah@...cinc.com>,
 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Yang Shi <yang@...amperecomputing.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] arm64/mm: Rename try_pgd_pgtable_alloc_init_mm


On 15/10/25 4:57 pm, Linu Cherian wrote:
> With BUG_ON in pgd_pgtable_alloc_init_mm moved up to higher layer,

wouldn't hurt to also add "and converted to a kernel panic". I got confused
by this statement and was trying to find the BUG_ON which got moved upwards.

> gfp flags is the only difference between try_pgd_pgtable_alloc_init_mm
> and pgd_pgtable_alloc_init_mm. Hence rename the "try" version
> to pgd_pgtable_alloc_init_mm_gfp.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Linu Cherian <linu.cherian@....com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@....com>