+ documentation-mm-drop-pte_bad-descriptions-from-arch-page-table-helpers.patch added to mm-unstable branch

+ documentation-mm-drop-pte_bad-descriptions-from-arch-page-table-helpers.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

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@arm.com>
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@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 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@arm.com are

documentation-mm-drop-pte_bad-descriptions-from-arch-page-table-helpers.patch