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As a first step, implement pte_next_pfn() as a >>>>> wrapper around pte_advance_pfn() so that we can incrementally switch the >>>>> architectures over. Once all arches are moved over, we will change all >>>>> the core-mm callers to call pte_advance_pfn() directly and remove the >>>>> wrapper. >>>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts >>>>> --- >>>>>    include/linux/pgtable.h | 8 +++++++- >>>>>    1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>>> >>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h >>>>> index 5e7eaf8f2b97..815d92dcb96b 100644 >>>>> --- a/include/linux/pgtable.h >>>>> +++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h >>>>> @@ -214,9 +214,15 @@ static inline int pmd_dirty(pmd_t pmd) >>>>>        #ifndef pte_next_pfn >>>>> +#ifndef pte_advance_pfn >>>>> +static inline pte_t pte_advance_pfn(pte_t pte, unsigned long nr) >>>>> +{ >>>>> +    return __pte(pte_val(pte) + (nr << PFN_PTE_SHIFT)); >>>>> +} >>>>> +#endif >>>>>    static inline pte_t pte_next_pfn(pte_t pte) >>>>>    { >>>>> -    return __pte(pte_val(pte) + (1UL << PFN_PTE_SHIFT)); >>>>> +    return pte_advance_pfn(pte, 1); >>>>>    } >>>>>    #endif >>>>> >>>> >>>> I do wonder if we simply want to leave pte_next_pfn() around? Especially patch >>>> #4, #6 don't really benefit from the change? So are the other set_ptes() >>>> implementations. >>>> >>>> That is, only convert all pte_next_pfn()->pte_advance_pfn(), and leave a >>>> pte_next_pfn() macro in place. >>>> >>>> Any downsides to that? >>> >>> The downside is just having multiple functions that effectively do the same >>> thing. Personally I think its cleaner and easier to understand the code with >>> just one generic function which we pass 1 to it where we only want to advance by >>> 1. In the end, there are only a couple of places where pte_advance_pfn(1) is >>> used, so doesn't really seem valuable to me to maintain a specialization. >> >> Well, not really functions, just a macro. Like we have set_pte_at() translating >> to set_ptes(). >> >> Arguably, we have more callers of set_pte_at(). >> >> "Easier to understand", I don't know. :) >> >>> >>> Unless you feel strongly that we need to keep pte_next_pfn() then I'd prefer to >>> leave it as I've done in this series. >> >> Well, it makes you patch set shorter and there is less code churn. >> >> So personally, I'd just leave pte_next_pfn() in there. But whatever you prefer, >> not the end of the world. > > I thought about this a bit more and remembered that I'm the apprentice so I've > changed it as you suggested. Oh, I say stupid things all the time. Please push back if you disagree. :) [shrinking a patch set if possible and reasonable is often a good idea] -- Cheers, David / dhildenb