From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3qr55t0sQHzDqZv for ; Thu, 21 Apr 2016 14:16:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pa0-x230.google.com (mail-pa0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3qr55s31bDz9t3s for ; Thu, 21 Apr 2016 14:16:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pa0-x230.google.com with SMTP id er2so24631149pad.3 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2016 21:16:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/mm: Always use STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS To: Michael Ellerman , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org References: <1461209879-15044-1-git-send-email-mpe@ellerman.id.au> Cc: Paul Mackerras , aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-mm@kvack.org From: Balbir Singh Message-ID: <571853FA.5080901@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 14:15:54 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1461209879-15044-1-git-send-email-mpe@ellerman.id.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 21/04/16 13:37, Michael Ellerman wrote: > Testing done by Paul Mackerras has shown that with a modern compiler > there is no negative effect on code generation from enabling > STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS. > > So remove the option, and always use the strict type definitions. > Should we wait for Aneesh's patches before merging this in. I like the reduction in the definition of page level metadata so for that Acked-by: Balbir Singh