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Re: [PATCH 12/15] mm, dax, gpu: convert vm_insert_mixed to __pfn_t, introduce _PAGE_DEVMAP

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Hi Dan,

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 6:42 AM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:
> Convert the raw unsigned long 'pfn' argument to __pfn_t for the purpose of
> evaluating the PFN_MAP and PFN_DEV flags.  When both are set the it

s/the it/it/

> triggers _PAGE_DEVMAP to be set in the resulting pte.  This flag will
> later be used in the get_user_pages() path to pin the page mapping,
> dynamically allocated by devm_memremap_pages(), until all the resulting
> pages are released.
>
> There are no functional changes to the gpu drivers as a result of this
> conversion.
>
> This uncovered several architectures with no local definition for
> pfn_pte(), in response __pfn_t_pte() is only defined when an arch
> opts-in by "#define pfn_pte pfn_pte".
>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>

> diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/page_no.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/page_no.h
> index ef209169579a..930a42f6db44 100644
> --- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/page_no.h
> +++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/page_no.h
> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extern unsigned long memory_end;
>
>  #define        virt_addr_valid(kaddr)  (((void *)(kaddr) >= (void *)PAGE_OFFSET) && \
>                                 ((void *)(kaddr) < (void *)memory_end))
> +#define __pfn_to_phys(pfn)     PFN_PHYS(pfn)

The above change doesn't match the patch description?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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[PATCH 12/15] mm, dax, gpu: convert vm_insert_mixed to __pfn_t,  introduce _PAGE_DEVMAP Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2015-09-23 06:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 12/15] mm, dax, gpu: convert vm_insert_mixed to __pfn_t,  introduce _PAGE_DEVMAP Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2015-09-23 15:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 12/15] mm, dax, gpu: convert vm_insert_mixed to __pfn_t,  introduce _PAGE_DEVMAP Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2015-09-23 19:10 +0200

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