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Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: cleanup pfn_t usage in track_pfn_insert()

From Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: cleanup pfn_t usage in track_pfn_insert()
Date 2016-09-06 22:30 +0200
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On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:49:47 -0700 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:

> Now that track_pfn_insert() is no longer used in the DAX path, it no
> longer needs to comprehend pfn_t values.

What's the benefit in this?  A pfn *should* have type pfn_t, shouldn't
it?   Confused.

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[PATCH 5/5] mm: cleanup pfn_t usage in track_pfn_insert() Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2016-09-06 19:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: cleanup pfn_t usage in track_pfn_insert() Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-09-06 22:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: cleanup pfn_t usage in track_pfn_insert() Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2016-09-06 22:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: cleanup pfn_t usage in track_pfn_insert() Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-09-07 07:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 5/5] mm: cleanup pfn_t usage in track_pfn_insert() Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2016-09-07 17:50 +0200

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