Re: [PATCH -V7 04/10] powerpc: Update find_linux_pte_or_hugepte to handle transparent hugepages

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On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 12:28:20AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> David Gibson <dwg@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 01:21:45AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> >> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > What's the difference in meaning between pmd_huge() and pmd_large()?
> >
> 
> #ifndef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
> #define pmd_huge(x)	0
> #endif
> 
> Also pmd_large do check for THP PTE flag, and _PAGE_PRESENT.

I don't mean what's the code difference.  I mean what is the semantic
difference between pmd_huge() and pmd_large() supposed to be - in
words.

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