Re: [PATCHv4 29/39] thp: move maybe_pmd_mkwrite() out of mk_huge_pmd()

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Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 05/11/2013 06:23 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > It's confusing that mk_huge_pmd() has sematics different from mk_pte()
> > or mk_pmd().
> > 
> > Let's move maybe_pmd_mkwrite() out of mk_huge_pmd() and adjust
> > prototype to match mk_pte().
> 
> Was there a motivation to do this beyond adding consistency?  Do you use
> this later or something?

I spent some time on debugging problem caused by this inconsistency, so at
that point I was motivated to fix it. :)

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov

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