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 Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ 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