The patch titled
Subject: Documentation/mm: drop pte_bad() descriptions from arch page table helpers
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
documentation-mm-drop-pte_bad-descriptions-from-arch-page-table-helpers.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/documentation-mm-drop-pte_bad-descriptions-from-arch-page-table-helpers.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Documentation/mm: drop pte_bad() descriptions from arch page table helpers
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:04:56 +0530
pte_bad() never existed unlike similar helpers at PMU, PUD, and PGD level.
This was added erroneously and hence should be dropped instead.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231114063456.339652-1-anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst~documentation-mm-drop-pte_bad-descriptions-from-arch-page-table-helpers
+++ a/Documentation/mm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ PTE Page Table Helpers
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| pte_same | Tests whether both PTE entries are the same |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
-| pte_bad | Tests a non-table mapped PTE |
-+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| pte_present | Tests a valid mapped PTE |
+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| pte_young | Tests a young PTE |
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx are
documentation-mm-drop-pte_bad-descriptions-from-arch-page-table-helpers.patch
