2015-11-19 11:26:29

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] include: asm-generic: page.h: Remove useless get_user_page and free_user_page

On Thursday 19 November 2015 03:40:25 Chen Gang wrote:
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/page.h b/include/asm-generic/page.h
> index 37d1fe2..67cfb7d 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/page.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/page.h
> @@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
>
> #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>
> -#define get_user_page(vaddr) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL)
> -#define free_user_page(page, addr) free_page(addr)
> -
> #define clear_page(page) memset((page), 0, PAGE_SIZE)
> #define copy_page(to,from) memcpy((to), (from), PAGE_SIZE)
>
>

Looks good. I can take the asm-generic portion when you split it up, and
I can also help you merge the remaining patches in case some of
the arch maintainers fail to pick them up. I think all five of them
are actively maintained though, so the patches should just go through
the respective architecture trees.

Arnd


2015-11-19 16:19:25

by Russell King - ARM Linux

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] include: asm-generic: page.h: Remove useless get_user_page and free_user_page

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 12:25:45PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday 19 November 2015 03:40:25 Chen Gang wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/asm-generic/page.h b/include/asm-generic/page.h
> > index 37d1fe2..67cfb7d 100644
> > --- a/include/asm-generic/page.h
> > +++ b/include/asm-generic/page.h
> > @@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
> >
> > #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
> >
> > -#define get_user_page(vaddr) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL)
> > -#define free_user_page(page, addr) free_page(addr)
> > -
> > #define clear_page(page) memset((page), 0, PAGE_SIZE)
> > #define copy_page(to,from) memcpy((to), (from), PAGE_SIZE)
> >
> >
>
> Looks good. I can take the asm-generic portion when you split it up, and
> I can also help you merge the remaining patches in case some of
> the arch maintainers fail to pick them up. I think all five of them
> are actively maintained though, so the patches should just go through
> the respective architecture trees.

Or we just ack the patch and have it go through one tree, which I think
is the most sensible. I can't imagine that there would be any major
conflicts here, surely no one is constantly changing their asm/page.h ?

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2015-11-19 16:36:00

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] include: asm-generic: page.h: Remove useless get_user_page and free_user_page

On Thursday 19 November 2015 16:18:43 Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 12:25:45PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Thursday 19 November 2015 03:40:25 Chen Gang wrote:
> > > diff --git a/include/asm-generic/page.h b/include/asm-generic/page.h
> > > index 37d1fe2..67cfb7d 100644
> > > --- a/include/asm-generic/page.h
> > > +++ b/include/asm-generic/page.h
> > > @@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
> > >
> > > #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
> > >
> > > -#define get_user_page(vaddr) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL)
> > > -#define free_user_page(page, addr) free_page(addr)
> > > -
> > > #define clear_page(page) memset((page), 0, PAGE_SIZE)
> > > #define copy_page(to,from) memcpy((to), (from), PAGE_SIZE)
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Looks good. I can take the asm-generic portion when you split it up, and
> > I can also help you merge the remaining patches in case some of
> > the arch maintainers fail to pick them up. I think all five of them
> > are actively maintained though, so the patches should just go through
> > the respective architecture trees.
>
> Or we just ack the patch and have it go through one tree, which I think
> is the most sensible. I can't imagine that there would be any major
> conflicts here, surely no one is constantly changing their asm/page.h ?

Yes, good point, there is really very little potential for conflicts
here. I've applied it into my asm-generic tree for now, but will
revert it if we get regressions or NAKs.

For some reason, the patch was whitespace broken, but I managed to
extract it from the attachment.

Arnd