Re: [RFC]: Maybe revert 'MIPS: add PMD table accounting into MIPS'pmd_alloc_one' from 5.4 LTS?

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On 7/20/2021 22:11, Huang Pei wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 08:45:45PM -0400, Joshua Kinard wrote:
> Hi, 

[snip]

>>
>> - there is no call to pgtable_pmd_page_dtor() in pmd_free() in MIPS'
>> pgalloc.  The commit message indicates that pmd_free in asm-generic will
>> handle this, but that function doesn't exist in 5.4, leading to mismatched
>> implementations.
> 
> Yes, my fix is to fix the mismatch. 
> 
> I think all stable branches before 5.10 should *not* apply this my patch

Can you submit a revert of this commit to stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that
Greg can include it in an upcoming update to the stable kernels <5.10?

Thanks!,

-- 
Joshua Kinard
Gentoo/MIPS
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rsa6144/5C63F4E3F5C6C943 2015-04-27
177C 1972 1FB8 F254 BAD0 3E72 5C63 F4E3 F5C6 C943

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