Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: convert k{un}map_atomic(p, KM_type) to k{un}map_atomic(p)

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:58:16 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 16:17 +0800, Lin Ming wrote:
> > 
> > The KM_type parameter for kmap_atomic/kunmap_atomic is not used anymore
> > since commit 3e4d3af(mm: stack based kmap_atomic()).
> > 
> > So convert k{un}map_atomic(p, KM_type) to k{un}map_atomic(p).
> > Most conversion are done by below commands. Some are done by hand.
> > 
> > find . -type f | xargs sed -i 's/\(kmap_atomic(.*\),\ .*)/\1)/'
> > find . -type f | xargs sed -i 's/\(kunmap_atomic(.*\),\ .*)/\1)/'
> > 
> > Build and tested on 32/64bit x86 kernel(allyesconfig) with 3G memory.
> > 
> > ARM, MIPS, PowerPc and Sparc are build tested only with
> > CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y and CONFIG_HIGHMEM=n.
> > I don't have cross-compiler for other arches. 
> 
> yet-another-massive patch.. (you're the third or fourth to do so) if
> Andrew wants to take this one I won't mind, however previously he didn't
> want flag day patches..

I'm OK with cleaning all these up, but I suggest that we leave the
back-compatibility macros in place for a while, to make sure that
various stragglers get converted.  Extra marks will be awarded for
working out how to make unconverted code generate a compile warning ;)

Perhaps you could dust off your old patch and we'll bring it up to date?

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