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Subject[PATCH -tip 1/2] x86: PAT cleanup req_type special case for pat reserve_memtype
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commit b6ff32 consolidates code in pat_x_mtrr_type and reserve_memtype,
which removes the special case (req_type is -1) for pat enabled part.
We should also change comments and pat disabled part.

Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
---
arch/x86/mm/pat.c | 7 +------
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index e78cd0e..81fb753 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -355,9 +355,6 @@ static int free_ram_pages_type(u64 start, u64 end)
* - _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS
* - _PAGE_CACHE_UC
*
- * req_type will have a special case value '-1', when requester want to inherit
- * the memory type from mtrr (if WB), existing PAT, defaulting to UC_MINUS.
- *
* If new_type is NULL, function will return an error if it cannot reserve the
* region with req_type. If new_type is non-NULL, function will return
* available type in new_type in case of no error. In case of any error
@@ -377,9 +374,7 @@ int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned long req_type,
if (!pat_enabled) {
/* This is identical to page table setting without PAT */
if (new_type) {
- if (req_type == -1)
- *new_type = _PAGE_CACHE_WB;
- else if (req_type == _PAGE_CACHE_WC)
+ if (req_type == _PAGE_CACHE_WC)
*new_type = _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS;
else
*new_type = req_type & _PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
--
1.6.2.5


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