Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] x86/mm/pat: Convert pte code to use ptdescs

From: Matthew Wilcox

Date: Wed Feb 11 2026 - 16:56:01 EST


On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 11:52:31AM -0800, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote:
> -static bool try_to_free_pte_page(pte_t *pte)
> +static bool try_to_free_pte(pte_t *pte)

I don't like this name though. You're not freeing a single PTE,
you're freeing a level of page tables. How about
try_to_free_pte_table()?