On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 06:07:50PM +0100, Steve Capper wrote: > The huge_pte_alloc, huge_pte_offset and follow_huge_p[mu]d > functions in x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c do not rely on any architecture > specific knowledge other than the fact that pmds and puds can be > treated as huge ptes. > > To allow other architectures to use this code (and reduce the need > for code duplication), this patch copies these functions into mm, > replaces the use of pud_large with pud_huge and provides a config > flag to activate them: > CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_GENERAL_HUGETLB BTW, I think it's worth mentioning that pud_large is inline while pud_huge is not. -- Catalin -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>