Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm/thp: Rename pmd_mknotpresent() as pmd_mknotvalid()

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Mar 30 2020 - 18:51:54 EST


On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:12:35 +0530 Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On 03/20/2020 10:24 AM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> > This series renames pmd_mknotpresent() as pmd_mknotvalid(). Before that it
> > drops an existing pmd_mknotpresent() definition from powerpc platform which
> > was never required as it defines it's pmdp_invalidate() through subscribing
> > __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_INVALIDATE. This does not create any functional change.
> >
> > This rename was suggested by Catalin during a previous discussion while we
> > were trying to change the THP helpers on arm64 platform for migration.
> >
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11019637/
> >
> > This series is based on v5.6-rc6.
> >
> > Boot tested on arm64 and x86 platforms.
> > Built tested on many other platforms including the ones changed here.
>
> Gentle ping, any updates regarding this ?

We're in the merge window so I have parked this for consideration after
-rc1.