Re: [PATCH v2 20/25] powerpc32: Remove clear_pages() and define clear_page() inline

From	Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 20/25] powerpc32: Remove clear_pages() and define clear_page() inline
Date	2015-09-29 02:30 +0200
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 06:51:09PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> clear_pages() is never used, and PPC32 is the only architecture
> (still) having this function. Neither PPC64 nor any other
> architecture has it.

It is used, by clear_page().

> This patch removes clear_page() and move clear_page() function
> inline (same as PPC64) as it only is a few isns

It removes clear_pages(), not clear_page().

-Scott
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[PATCH v2 20/25] powerpc32: Remove clear_pages() and define  clear_page() inline Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr> - 2015-09-22 19:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 20/25] powerpc32: Remove clear_pages() and define  clear_page() inline Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> - 2015-09-22 20:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 20/25] powerpc32: Remove clear_pages() and define  clear_page() inline Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> - 2015-09-29 02:30 +0200

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